To be "poor in spirit" is the opposite of being arrogant, self-confident or self-reliant, especially in any spiritual sense. The poor in spirit recognize they are incapable of providing for themselves by their own merit, strength, goodness, or righteousness. They know themselves to be spiritually bankrupt of true goodness. They cannot hope to bargain or earn their way into the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of heaven will be populated by the humble and not the arrogant. In that way, the poor in spirit are blessed. 🤍