You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me." But remember the LORD your God for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth and so confirms his covenant which he swore to your forefathers as it is today.

-Deuteronomy 8:17-18

It is God who provides. The LORD giveth, the LORD taketh.

One of my favorite verses in the Bible is when Job's wife tells him to curse God and die because of the tragedies that fell upon their life, and he says,

"You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God and not trouble?"

We are such an ungrateful kind. When bad things happen we get angry with God, but when good things happen we question and even disbelieve God was ever involved. When in fact it is God who gives us the resources to either enjoy life or to suffer through it. In both instances He is Sovereign because He can show Himself in both circumstances and one can still seek peace in the midst of a blessed life as well as in a cursed life. From being drowned in the wealthiness of middle class society one can certainly see poverty as an appealing and freeing way of life. Hence the reason why some people seek poverty to receive enlightenment.

Whether one is poor or in wealth God can use both for the glory of His kingdom. I can't wait for the day when it will finally be established. I know many can't wait for that day, even creation can't wait. (Romans 8:19)