Heralds Digest

   “ And he brought forth his people with joy, And his chosen with gladness: And gave them the lands of the heathen: And they inherited the labour of the people; That they might observe his statutes, And keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.” Psalm 105 : 43 - 45 KJV When Apostle James says “ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the father of lights” , many believers would have no problem with its reference to good gifts. Unfortunately, many believers are always distracted from the primacy of the God gift in every relationship of God with His children. For the Jews in the Old Testament, the focus is always about the miraculous possession of the promised land: “ And he brought forth his people with joy, And his chosen with gladness: And gave them the lands of the heathen” . Likewise, in the New Testament and in our contemporary dealings, believers’ relationships with God are mostly skewed to the possession of good jobs, good properties, good oppo...

   “ Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.” 2 Corinthians 8 : 1 - 2 KJV The dynamics of riches have taught us that the opposite of grace is greed. Without grace in the pursuit of riches, it becomes evident that we have bad riches in the focus of greed. These will definitely be bad riches with bitterness and betrayals, arrogance and animosity, and deception and destruction. Whereas, by using the model of riches in the churches of Macedonia, right riches are full of the righteousness of God, integrity with God, grace of God, excellence in God, and truth about God. Therefore, the currency of right riches is not in the capital; but surely in the character. That is why even when capital is liquidated by a great trial of affliction, an incredible test of faith, a gruesome measure of disappointm...