It is not a call to poverty. It does not mean you are down on yourself or that you are a loser. You were made in God’s image. You are valuable to God. Poor here is a picture of someone who is broke. We’ve all seen those who stand on the street begging, panhandling. What the panhandler is saying is, “I have to have other people give me money to survive.” That is true of us spiritually.  We have to have help spiritually. We have to admit that we cannot survive on our own. I need help. You need help. Being poor in spirit is admitting we are broke, bankrupt, apart from Christ.