God’s Blessing: Reward
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” - Colossians 3:23-24
God the Son has blessed us with redemption, reconciliation, and revelation. He has also blessed us with responsibility. When we act accordingly with that responsibility, God blesses us with a reward. Ephesians 7:11 says, “In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will.”
There is an inheritance that we receive from God the Son, an inheritance that God bestows upon us when we give ourselves to Christ. We receive redemption from the Son. We have been reconciled by the Son. We receive revelation into God’s will from the Son. And we have a responsibility to make the world better. But there is a reward as well.
There’s a twofold implication of the language used here. Paul seems to say we have an inheritance from Christ, but we also have an inheritance for Christ. Our lives should model and mimic a life that is surrendered to Jesus Christ, while simultaneously being lived in anticipation of the day we will be rewarded for having put our trust in Christ. That is what it means to “live for the praise of His glory.”
In other words, you and I are, in fact, trophies or displays of God’s Grace! Every day, we sit in the trophy case of God’s majesty for all the world to see. God’s love was demonstrated to us through Jesus Christ as an expression of His amazing grace, which verse 8 says He poured out lavishly upon us; and because of that He has already made preparations for our future and He has prepared a reward for us.
We truly don’t deserve the rights and privileges that God affords us, but He gives it to us anyway. You and I get to enjoy the rights and privileges of the Father, whenever we choose to develop a relationship with His son. Don’t overlook the rewards God has promised you today!
God the Son has blessed us with redemption, reconciliation, and revelation. He has also blessed us with responsibility. When we act accordingly with that responsibility, God blesses us with a reward. Ephesians 7:11 says, “In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will.”
There is an inheritance that we receive from God the Son, an inheritance that God bestows upon us when we give ourselves to Christ. We receive redemption from the Son. We have been reconciled by the Son. We receive revelation into God’s will from the Son. And we have a responsibility to make the world better. But there is a reward as well.
There’s a twofold implication of the language used here. Paul seems to say we have an inheritance from Christ, but we also have an inheritance for Christ. Our lives should model and mimic a life that is surrendered to Jesus Christ, while simultaneously being lived in anticipation of the day we will be rewarded for having put our trust in Christ. That is what it means to “live for the praise of His glory.”
In other words, you and I are, in fact, trophies or displays of God’s Grace! Every day, we sit in the trophy case of God’s majesty for all the world to see. God’s love was demonstrated to us through Jesus Christ as an expression of His amazing grace, which verse 8 says He poured out lavishly upon us; and because of that He has already made preparations for our future and He has prepared a reward for us.
We truly don’t deserve the rights and privileges that God affords us, but He gives it to us anyway. You and I get to enjoy the rights and privileges of the Father, whenever we choose to develop a relationship with His son. Don’t overlook the rewards God has promised you today!
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