Monday – Gospels

Reading – Matthew 24

Highlight Verses:

““A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them. If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good job, there will be a reward.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭45‬-‭46‬ ‭NLT‬‬

The story has been told of a pastor and a taxi driver who died together in a crash. When they got to heaven, The pastor was shown to a comfortable home with a nice view. Just up the hill from his house was a beautiful mansion. The pastor asked St. Peter, “who does that belong to?” Saint Peter replied, “The taxi driver you came here with.” The pastor was incensed. “Why did he get a mansion and I just got this house?” St. Peter’s reply? “While you guys were on earth, his driving scared more people into repenting than you ever preached into salvation.”

I don’t think that’s how heavenly rewards really work but this passage does tell us that there will be rewards.

That’s something to be glad about, assuming we are faithful, sensible servants of God.

Jesus said that He would go prepare a place for us. Some translations say “mansion.”

But I don’t think we’ll be materialistic at all in heaven.

Our reward will go way beyond the materialistic.

I don’t know the exact nature of it but I know it will be amazing.

In the meantime, Some of our rewards come here on Earth.

I believe that as we are faithful to follow the call that God has for us, He rewards us with more effectiveness and the responsibility, joy and fulfillment that comes with it.

What rewards have you seen so far in your life?
What kind of rewards would you like to see in heaven?