DESIRABLE and BENEFICIAL

 Happy Sunday!

"So, my very dear friends, don’t get thrown off course. Every DESIRABLE and BENEFICIAL gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is NOTHING DECEITFUL in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. He brought us to LIFE using the True WORD, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures."(James 1:17 Message).

The King James Version of James 1:7 uses the words, good and perfect to describe the Gifts that God gives.  I love the Word of God! The Message Version uses the words, desirable and beneficial.  Psalm 37:4 says, "Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the DESIRES of thine heart."(KJV).  Don't miss this!  God is OK with us having desires.  He just wants us to, "seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these THINGS shall be added unto you."(Matthew 6:33 KJV).

The Message Version says, "There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle."  That's GOOD NEWS!  That's what  the Gospel of Jesus Christ is all about!  We never have to worry about what we will get when we come to Him!  Hebrews 13:8 says, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever."(KJV). 

God gave us the Best Gift!  Jesus is the Most Desirable and Beneficial Gift we will ever receive!  John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."(KJV).

Love and prayers, Cynthia