James 1:10

Verse 10. The rich, that he is made low.

The rich in this world's goods, if there be any among you claiming heirship in heaven, let such rejoice if circumstances should arise which should destroy their goods. The reasons are plain, and appear upon the very surface of investigation. Men are liable to be estranged in their allegiance to the cause of Christ by the consideration of worldly affairs, as the blessed Master assures us in the parable of the sower. (Matthew 13:7-22.) And, secondly, the rich ought to rejoice in having their goods despoiled, since, if such will but reflect, whether they be rich or not, their stay on earth is brief, and the end to the use of their riches as certain as the falling of the flower. They should from the strongest considerations be glad, and rejoice that any possible cause of their apostasy had been removed.