JAMES 2:5 "Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?"

To whom are the promises? To those who demonstrate their faith in Christ by distributing to the poor. "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us," 1JO 4:10-12.

It was by faith that Moses made his memorable choice. Think about how Moses was set in a kingly palace. He was in a position to inherit the throne of Egypt as the son of Pharaoh's daughter.

HEB 11:24-26 tells us, "By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward."

The greatest riches Moses could ever find, which exceeded a kingly throne, was the reproach of Christ. To suffer reproach with Christ's people was counted greater to him than to inherit the king's throne. His recompense of reward was to be able to spend eternity with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Moses wanted to be in the presence of God. He would rather perish in the wilderness than have an angel of the Lord lead him into the promised land if the presence of God would not go up with him. Moses esteemed the recompence of reward to be spending eternity in the immediate presence of God.

By faith, to see Christ glorified becomes our greatest desire and our greatest riches. The reproach of Christ, i.e., where He "...became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross," PHI 2:8, will become the theme of glory.