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Wealth and Poverty IV - Challenges.

Friday, Sept 4, 2009. We are talking about wealth and poverty this week. We realized that there are values on different levels of life. We have explored the value of God's kingdom, about love and truth, power and hope. We have talked about the fugacity of some wealth. Today we want to explore the challenges within our immediate environment, our nations and our global world.

There are many riches on this planet. There is a fantastic nature. There are natural ressources, minerals, soil etc etc. There are humans with their cultures, with many traditions and experiences, with capabilities, knowledge and ideas. There is all the wealth which has been generated by our fathers and mothers, by the generations before us. On the other hand there are many problems. There is famine in many countries. There is drought. There is war and despair. Injustice is wide spread, our economic systems do not necessarily distribute wealth justly. Even hard work can sometimes barely provide for a living.

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As Christians we have a wide view into the values of this world and into the values of God's kingdom. We know that God loves every person, that he cares and that he has created all things which exist. He is the father of all values which we know. He wants us to live in this world, to develop it further, to help each other and create a place where people can live in a human manner in truth, solidarity and dedication. But we also know that his perspective superseeds this life, that we will not be able to create heaven on earth. In the tension between now and then, between not yet and already, between today and “when his time has come” we live and act.

The decisions which we need to make might not be easy. Do we work for our own career and success? To some extent that is necessary if we want to live in this world. To be a doctor, you need to learn, to study, to practice, to do your exams, apply for positions and then get a job with which you can help others. To evolve the world in terms of business or science you need to learn and take the steps of a career as well. On the other hand we can be completely absorbed into building our career - then we have lost the perspective, we have lost the real wealth, we have lost life! We need to be careful not to cement unjust systems by our own activity.

It is a matter of politics to work towards a just system. We are all part of this agenda. We all know that it is not just that so many people on this planet lack nearly everything. We need to work on the goal to provide water, food and garment for every person on this planet. This might be reached by changing our systems, such that their work will provide these things for themselves. We seem to be stuck on many layers, poverty has even grown over the last years. But we need to know that there is hope - not because the facts would support this, but because God cares and since faith can move mountains. Let us walk in faith on every layer of our life! [R.W.E.P., jesusnetwork.eu]

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