MOSES ESTEEMED THE REPROACH OF CHRIST GREATER RICHES THAN EGYPT'S TREASURES. True riches are not on earth but in heaven. Many of God's people are really poor in reference to the things of time, for God hath chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He hath promised to them that love Him. They are often persecuted, tried, tempted and cast down; so was the church in Smyrna; but Jesus says to her, "Thou art rich." So are all the Lord's people. Rich by relation - God is their Father, and Jesus their elder Brother. Rich by donation - Jesus has bequeathed unsearchable riches to them. Rich by promises - the Lord has promised all good things. Rich by faith - for he that believes shall inherit all things. Rich in expectation - for they look for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Believer, you are rich; Jesus has willed to you His righteousness, to justify you; His blood, to cleanse you; His Spirit to sanctify you; His name to dignify you; His angels to minister unto you; and His heaven to be your everlasting habitation. Precious Saviour! I admire and adore Your love! O teach me to live out of self on Your fulness!

For Meditation:
Called by grace, the sinner see,
Rich, though sunk in poverty;
Rich in faith that God has giv'n,
He's a legal heir of heav'n.