“The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways, and the good man rewarded for his.” Proverbs 14:14
What’s in your wallet? Ever since stores started coming out with Rewards Programs my wallet started getting thicker! I had to get a separate wallet of sorts to hold them all! I love all these programs. It’s so nice to get to the checkout and have the cashier ask you if you want to use your reward. Who wouldn’t choose that? Stores reward us for shopping with them. God rewards us for the way we live.
Rewards are blessings for doing something good. Merriam Webster describes the word Payback as “punishment for something that was done in the past”1. http://www.ThePayBack.com is a strange website dedicated to recording “payback” stories of revenge. The funniest one I read was about a girl who played a “payback” prank on a cheating boyfriend by giving him a pair of boxers rubbed in poison ivy, before she told him she knew! Now that’s one sassy lassy!
Without the grace of God in our lives we would all reap the payback for our sins. Through Christ’s work on the cross we receive His righteousness, His goodness and are rewarded with His eternal blessings.
Payback or Reward? It’s your choice, but like I said, who wouldn’t choose a reward?
Prayer
Father… I thank you for your grace that frees me from the law of the payback. May I continue to place my faith in you so that I may receive every reward you have for me here on earth and in heaven. In Jesus name, Amen
