The People’s Revival

“Listen, my beloved brothers:

Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith

and heirs of the kingdom He promised to those who love Him?” — James 2:5

James didn’t whisper this.

He thundered it across the early church because the people needed to hear a truth the wealthy hated then and still hate now:

God sides with the poor.

Not theoretically — practically.

Not symbolically — politically.

Not occasionally — consistently.

When Scripture says God “chose” the poor, it isn’t talking about pity.

It’s talking about preference, priority, alignment, and inheritance.

Why the poor?

Because the poor don’t pretend they don’t need God.

Because the poor don’t worship the illusion of self-sufficiency.

Because the poor understand dependence, solidarity, and mercy better than any doctrine ever written.

The poor are not God’s charity case — they are God’s firstborn heirs.

The Kingdom was never meant to trickle down from the rich;

it was designed to rise from the bottom up through the people who feel the weight of empire in their bones.

And James doesn’t stop there — he contrasts God’s choice with the church’s betrayal:

God chooses the poor → the church honors the rich. God anoints the poor → society exploits them. God lifts the poor → the powerful drag them into courtrooms.

James exposes what we still see today:

a Christianity that bows to donors instead of disciples,

platforms instead of people,

and the wealthy instead of the ones God calls heirs.

But the truth stands, unbent and unafraid:

The poor are the priests of the coming Kingdom.

The working class are the builders of God’s future.

The forgotten are the ones God remembers first.

James 2:5 isn’t comfort.

It’s confrontation.

It’s the reversal of the world’s values.

It’s the torch pointed directly at the idols of money, status, and Christian respectability.

So lift your head, child of God.

If the world has overlooked you,

if the system has drained you,

if the church has ignored you:

Heaven has not.

The Kingdom belongs to you first.

Now let’s build something better.