Luke 1:53

“He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.” This verse is as beautiful as it is subtle. It seems to be a theme that God blesses the needy and rejects those who are satisfied in themselves. The interesting part of this passage is that He fills the hungry with “good things,” not food, while he sends the rich away empty, not penniless. I say that I do not believe money to be of much importance, and yet I wait upon blessings that are of the world. Perhaps “good things” are such things as faithfulness and the Holy Spirit. Perhaps being sent away empty has nothing to do with finances. After all, it seems that the rich are still rich and the hungry are still hungry. Do we really believe that man does not live on bread alone? Do we believe that someone with a belly full of food and a wallet full of money could be empty? By the looks of it, God does.