Amazing Rewards

Don’t you love it when a plan comes together? Isn’t it wonderful when you complete a task and your boss rewards you for it? Don’t you love seeing your efforts come to fruition? Have you considered how beautiful it would be to accomplish the tasks God has laid before you?

Having plans that work out as we like makes us feel pretty good. Getting rewards for completing the tasks our boss gives us is nice. Seeing the fruits of our labor brings satisfaction. Our self-esteem goes up and our confidence increases and life is good.

Completing the work God has set before us is much the same with one significant difference. When we complete what God has set before us, we know our work is expanding his kingdom here on earth. We may see that by witnessing others accepting Jesus as their Savior. We may see it in the appreciative eyes of someone who was hungry being filled. No matter what the task is, when we complete it for God, there are rewards.

When the disciples brought the donkey for Jesus to ride into Jerusalem, they were rewarded with a sight that has only occurred once. They saw people putting their coats down on the road while others placed branches down as a welcoming carpet for Jesus to ride on. In other words, they saw the people welcoming the King. I’m sure it was an astonishing sight, and the disciples were filled with wonder.

We read this story and may not fully comprehend its significance. Jesus was receiving the treatment of a king returning from battle having conquered a villainous foe. What the people didn’t realize was…Jesus was riding in to conquer the villainous foe. He was about to conquer through death, burial, and resurrection. He was coming to be crowned the King of kings.

I pray we all complete the tasks God has set before us. I pray we see the fruits of our labor for God. I pray each one of us are amazed at what God does when we serve him with all we have. Complete your assigned tasks. See the fruits of your labor. Notice what God does. Be amazed by his power.

Mark 11:7-8 When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields.