"God blessed them with rich parents but gave me struggle on purpose"
How it sounds in your head: You pray the same prayers. You believe the same Bible. But they were born into wealth and you were born into lack. That can't be random. God chose their family situation and yours. Maybe your assignment is poverty.
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning."
-- James 1:17Religious lie that God assigns poverty as a test or character-building tool, making Him author of lack
The circumstances feel deliberate—you didn't choose your family, your starting point, your zip code. If God is sovereign, He must have wanted this difference. The theology makes struggle feel like divine intention.
Crippled, hiding in poverty in a forgotten town, grandson of a dead king with zero prospects. David found him and INSTANTLY restored ALL his grandfather's land, gave him a place at the king's table FOREVER, and servants to work his fields—from forgotten to WEALTHY in one encounter.
I REFUSE the lie that God assigned me poverty as my portion. IT IS WRITTEN that every GOOD and PERFECT gift comes from my Father, and there is no variation in His goodness. Poverty is from the CURSE, and Christ redeemed me from the curse so I could receive the BLESSING of Abraham. IT IS WRITTEN in John 10:10 that Jesus came to give me life ABUNDANTLY—the thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy, but my Father came to BLESS. The BARAK blessing isn't based on my parents' bank account—it protected liars, deceivers, even MURDERERS because it's based on COVENANT. I am Abraham's seed and an heir according to the PROMISE. My assignment is BLESSING, not struggle.
Your Father isn't assigning poverty tests while blessing others—He's running toward you like He ran toward Mephibosheth, ready to restore ALL that lack stole and seat you at the King's table FOREVER. The struggle wasn't His idea; the breakthrough is.