God’s desire is for His children to prosper. Jesus became poor, so that we, through His poverty, can be made rich (2 Corinthians 8:9). The days when Christians were persecuted by fellow Christians for owning a bicycle, were days the children of God walked in error.
The Lord said through the Prophet in Zechariah 1:17, “My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad.” The Gospel can only spread effectively when God’s children become rich. God is orchestrating a wealth transfer in these end times not only for you to be rich but to finance the Kingdom.
Poverty doesn’t reflect the glory of God and hence shouldn’t be celebrated. In this Year of Strange Oil, refuse to be poor. Be like Jacob (Genesis 31:1) of whom it was said, “Jacob has taken all that was our fathers.”