The spirit of poverty has nothing to do with how much money you have, it is a spirit and it is no respecter of persons. This spirit of poverty is in the rich and the poor alike. It is in every class you see, middle, lower, upper class. The spirit of poverty tells you if you more money is the answer to your problems. If only you had more money, but money is not going to defeat the spirit of poverty. God in His absolute genius, used poverty to defeat poverty. The Bible says, “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 Cor. 8:9). This is the pattern of God, for He used sin to defeat sin (2 Cor. 5:21); He used death to defeat death (1 Cor. 15:55); and He used poverty to defeat poverty. It’s hard to understand but it is the truth.

We are being invited to let the Lord defeat the spirit of poverty in our lives, for if this spirit is not put under your feet, no amount of money is going to change the unrest in your soul. Money does not cure anxiety, fear, depression, loneliness, fear of missing out, anger, drunkenness, sexual immorality, you name the battle. They all are rooted in a spirit of poverty and create unrest for your soul. The Lord wants us to believe His word and trust His ways, if we want to be free from a spirit of poverty. We must partner with God, who is abundance to come out from under the spirit of poverty.

Psalm 116 says, “Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate. The LORD preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me. Return to your rest, O my soul, For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. For You have rescued my soul from death, My eyes from tears, My feet from stumbling. I shall walk before the LORD In the land of the living.” He didn’t just save you from hell, He saved you from the spirit of poverty, by treating you bountifully, so your soul can return to rest while you are alive. I hear the old hymn “Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, and to take Him at His word…” Come on friends, it’s time to access salvation from all sin which is the spirit of poverty. We have access to abundance!