[b]The Lord My Portion[i]by Watchman Nee
Lay thou thy treasure in the dust, . . . and the Almighty will be thy treasure. Job 22.24, 25.
Generally speaking, believers seem to have financial difficulties. This is due either to their inability to continue on with whatever improper occupations they had engaged in before or to some spiritual reason for which God is dealing with them specifically. God sometimes takes our wealth away so as to induce us to seek after Christ that He might have the preeminence in all things. It is not
impossible for the rich to enter the kingdom of God, it is just difficult for them to do so.
God dealt with the children of Israel in the wilderness by depriving them of earthly supplies of food and clothing so that they might recognize the abundance of God. As the supplies on earth ceased, the supplies from heaven came. Material difficulties drive us to seek after the Lord, to learn the lesson of faith, and know Christ as the first in all things.