REWARDS

WITNESS




5-17-13




REWARDS




There are
Many kinds of rewards
In this life


There are athletic rewards-
Business rewards-civic rewards-entertainment rewards
And every kind of reward
That you might be able to think of
In this life


But the rewards
That are the longest lasting
ARE the REWARDS FROM GOD
And they are often internal rewards
Where no one else
Thinks of-or hears of
They carry NO MATERIALISTIC VALUE


“One thing God has spoken
Two thing have I heard
That you-Oh God-are strong
And that you-Oh Lord-are loving


Surely you will reward each person
According to what he has done” Psalm 62:11 & 12


Along those lines
I heard the GREATEST story
In South Florida
The other day


A young woman
A part-time care taker on a golf course
Found a bag of money-$36,000 in cash in it
More than she makes
In an entire year


She could easily
Have kept the money
No one
Would have been the wiser


But she turned the money in
And received no reward


When asked about it-she said.
“I read the Bible every day
I am a Christian
I RECEIVE my rewards
FROM A HIGHER POWER”




A young woman
After my very own heart


You have made us for yourselves
Oh Lord
And OUR HEARTS will be
FOREVER RESTLESS
UNTIL THEY REST IN YOU


Our TRUE rewards
COME FROM GOD


“Since-then-
You have been raised in Christ
Set your hearts
On things above
WHERE Christ is seated
At the right hand of God


Set your minds
On things above
NOT on earthly things” Colossians 3:1 & 2


OUR TRUEST REWARDS
COME FROM GOD ABOVE


“I the Lord
Search the heart
And examine the mind
To REWARD a man
According to his conduct
According to what his deeds deserve” Jeremiah 17:10


And so Lord
We pray
That we have
That SAME heart and faith
AS THIS YOUNG WOMAN


And we-like her
WILL hear the GREATEST WORDS
EVER SPOKEN
When we come to the end of our life


“WELL DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT” Matthew 25:21


A TRUE AND EVERLASTING REWARD


Robert P. WALLMAN
4-25-13




Ps WITNESS 5-17-13


“For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels
And he will REWARD every man according to his works”
Matthew 16:27




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