Wealth Inequality (2 of 2)

Speaking from personal experience, I worked with a local government agency for 15 years and discovered that most of my colleagues just wanted to earn a paycheck and "retire." Early in their careers they had reached a point that I described as "cruise control" - do enough to get by and reach 25 years so they could retire, move to the North Carolina mountains, build a log cabin, and die of boredom 2 years later. Very few of them took advantage of the free educational opportunities to pursue a college degree. During my last year with this company, I had a middle management position, company car, excellent health care benefits, and was making about $75,000 a year. Despite these "wonderful" things, I felt trapped, in prison, selling my soul for a paycheck, and the constant threat of being fired for not going along with the political games and personal vendettas.

We were not designed to be prisoners. God created us to pursue our dreams, to use our talents for the betterment of this world, and to take chances in life knowing that when we fall He will be by our side to help us get up again and again.

But I digressed. God (not Obama) has decided to spread the wealth to specific points and people so it can be disseminated in enough quantities according to the needs of everyone. Lets ask this question then: Why has God given wealth to those who are not capable or willing to help others, who are greedy and hoard it even after they die? Here we see His wisdom and kindness in action. He has given us free will and wants us to figure out the difference between right and wrong, and those who practice good will and benevolence toward others is because of their own efforts.

Wealth is a way for us to be tested in a moral sense, but because it is such a powerful tool for the progress of the world, He doesn't want the wealth to stay inactive for long periods of time. Therefore, He is having wealth continually change hands. Everyone should possess a part of it in order to practice how to make use of it. However, it is impossible for everyone to have it at the same time and if we did, nobody would work and world progress would suffer. Whoever doesn't have it today, had it already or will have it in another lifetime.

There are rich and poor people in this world. He is righteous in that everyone should have their piece of the pie when it is their turn. Poverty is for some a test of their patience and resignation. Wealth is for others a test of their kindness and self-denial.