I have been thinking lately about my reward in Heaven. Matthew 5: 11-12 says:
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
I think that just getting to heaven is reward enough and to hear Jesus say, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Enter into the joys of the Lord forever” is reward enough. However, the Bible says that “great is your reward in heaven”, and so I have just tried to figure out what it could possibly be. Is it jewels in my crown? Crown? That would be another reward worth receiving, and then to add jewels to it is an incredible thought. I have never had any kind of crown put on my head. I cannot imagine what that will feel like. Will the reward be the streets of transparent gold, the walls of jasper, the gates of pearl? The Heavenly Jerusalem is going to be a spectacular place to see. Will my reward be: seeing all my loved ones who have gone on before me and being able to rejoice around the throne together with them? Oh! That would be reward enough. I really don’t know what our reward will be. We see through a glass darkly right now, but I can tell you for a fact that I am looking forward to the day I hear the trumpet sound. Can it be that far off? Can the Lord wait much longer to turn to Gabriel and say, “Sound that trumpet! I’m going to get my bride”. Oh! I can hardly wait for that day! Yes. I think that going to heaven where I will see Jesus face to face will be reward enough. However, I can’t help but think that God in all His Glory and Majesty has things planned for us that we cannot comprehend. I think he is really going to “blow our minds” with what He has prepared for us. Let’s stay faithful in hard and trying times, in good and fruitful times and just in everyday life, for Great is our Reward In Heaven if we stay faithful.
For me, just making heaven will be reward enough. Everything else will be a perk. Ronda, your post was beautiful and reminds me that someday we will be with Him, in a better place.
Beautiful!
I enjoyed your blog! I do want to remain faithful.
Worthy is the “Lord God Almighty”, and I’m with you sister I can’t wait for the day that we will see our maker. I feel we are living in those times, and that is a reward in it’s self just to see his beauti.