Delayed Rewards

 Daniel 11-12; Luke 6 

“As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance.”

Daniel 12:13

“…’Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God…Blessed are you when men hate you…because of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy because great is your reward in heaven…’”

Luke 6:20, 22, 23

Daniel served kings but needed to wait for heaven for his inheritance. Jesus offered to those who paid a high price for their faithfulness to God, the same promise of a reward in heaven that Daniel would receive.

Are we prepared to invest in the kingdom of God and the mission of the King now, with the assurance of his reward later?

This is the valuable proposition Jesus makes in the Gospel. He said there would be joy now when we realize our suffering for the Gospel will be rewarded in eternity.

Are we living for our reward now, or later before the throne of God?

“Lord God, all I have comes from you. I pray for the grace to suffer now for your reward later, for your glory.”