"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich." (2 Corinthians 8:9)
I've read this passage many times. I've heard it quoted when at the times of the tithing and the offering. I never really thought about what Paul meant by the statement "He became poor", and I mean, Paul is in deed talking about money, but at the same time he's talking about something much deeper: love & relationships.
Yes, Jesus had everything He needed in Heaven, but what could he possibly need? What is the currency of Heaven? Not gold, that's for sure, what is valuable down here is pavement material there... The currency of heaven is love, and a love that can only be expressed through relationship. Do you know where I'm going with this?
The other day I was reading about the source of poverty and how it really has nothing to do with resources or possessions. I was researching on the causes of poverty as a mentality, and how it comes from the lack of relationship with the One who made everything that is. It suddenly dawned on me; Jesus Christ, having the most amazing, close relationship with His Dad, chose to come to a place where that relationship was limited, so that we could have access to that wealth. Wow!! His sacrifice in coming wasn't so much about having to be born in a manger, or be raised by a carpenter; but about being in a place where the honoring, perfect relationship with the Father was under a different dynamic. He had to actually set time apart and encounter God, He had become poor, so that we could become rich...
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