The word for today is “riches.”  In our reading of James 4:7-5:9, we hear a shocking condemnation of the rich.  We may think of the rich as prosperous and those who have wealth to be admired.  But for the apostle, it is the opposite.  The rich may think they have a good and happy life now.  But James writes, “Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you” (James 5:1). If the Rich Knew Their Fate The rich may be comfortable now.  But the apostle teaches that if they knew their fate, they would sob and wail.  The rich will be overtaken in “miseries,” a word that comes from the idea of trouble, and…