James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?

“Poor in the world”—that can mean lack of money, but it also could mean not abounding in things considered high status by the world.

Today being publicly Christian is considered a negative by many with the power to judge what is high status.

But you are called to love God and not the world. If you live life like that, the world may think of you as poor, …