Bankrupt

When we were in NYC, Pastor Tim Keller came over and spent the morning with our group.  Pastor Keller serves at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.  He's been described by the New York Times as a "modern day C.S. Lewis", perhaps because he is brilliant, savvy, respected by Jesus-followers and non-Christians alike, and he's written some great books.
Among the thought-provoking things Pastor Keller talked about was the idea of being poor in spirit, or as he calls it - spiritually bankrupt.
Being spiritually bankrupt means that I see that I really have nothing in the bank to give to God, because even the good things about me are done with wrong/selfish motives.  And yet, as Pastor Keller pointed out to us listening to him with eager ears last week, when it comes to helping the poor so often we judge and evaluate if people got themselves into a mess, or if they "deserve" our help and rescue.  But what if God said He'd only spill His blood for those who "deserve" His help, and not those who got themselves into the mess of sin?  Uh-oh.
And so, the Gospel changes our attitude toward the poor.  The Gospel shows us that we are even worse than we think of ourselves as being.  We are more sinful than we ever imagined...and more loved than we ever hoped we could be.  Because God bankrupt Heaven - He spent it all, and yet He did it with joy.