Someone recently asked me to give them an example of a treasure I am storing in Heaven.
Here’s the deal. This is not a cop out. I think Paul says it best.
1 Corinthians 2:9 – 9 However, as it is written:
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard,
no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him”
Do you know what the greatest thing is that you would ever enjoy? Do you know what would be the best reward you could ever receive? Can you imagine something being enjoyed 100 times more than the greatest thing you have enjoyed on this earth?
God made us. We have gone through a fall. We’re in malfunction mode with our minds and bodies.
The only thing that resembles how were supposed to be is when we are in tuned with the Holy Spirit and the things of God.
Yet even in a fallen state, we still know when we are enjoying something and when were not. However, we don’t always know what were going to enjoy many times until were experiencing it.
There is someone that knows you from top to bottom. He knows your likes and your dislikes even more than you know them yourself.
You see you enjoy things because that’s how you are programmed. It’s not a fluke. When we smell a fragrance we like it is enjoyable. Why? Because God made us that way. He knows what will make you happy and He knows what will make you sad.
When the Lord is going to give a reward, trust me, you’re going to really enjoy the reward. On the flip side, when people aren’t getting any, it will be a somber and sad time. Unlike getting an award for an activity on this earth, many times you have to be one of the best. To be rewarded by the Lord you just have to love Him and work hard for Him.
1 Corinthians 3:12-15 – 12 If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man’s work. 14 If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. 15 If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
You see there is saved and then there is rewards. Is it important?
Matthew 16:27 – 27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.
If Jesus mentions rewards all the time Himself then rest assured, it’s important.
Tomorrow we will go over some of those verses.