The Abundance Of Our Great Rewards Series

THE ABUNDANCE OF OUR GREAT REWARDS

This morning we continue our series on eternal rewards with today’s message, “The Abundance of Our Great Rewards.” What you are about to hear today is truly exciting, and I hope it will whet your appetite to live for eternity and cause you to leap with joy when you realize the awesome rewards God has in store for us in His future kingdom.

Let’s stand together and open your Bible to Matthew 25:21. Jesus said…

Matthew 25:21 ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ NKJV

ENTER INTO THE JOY OF THE LORD

In this fascinating scripture, Jesus reveals for those who are faithful to Him, God has reserved treasures and rewards that are so vast they are impossible to fathom.

Hear again Jesus words when He says, “Enter into the joy of your lord.”

There is nothing on earth that compares to the joy of what God has in store for us. At this very moment God is preparing a future kingdom of eternal joy that will ultimately surpass anything we can ever possibly imagine. The treasures of heaven are so great that Paul said…

1 Corinthians 2:9 Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” NKJV

THE ABUNDANCE OF OUR REWARDS

God says… No eye has seen… No ear has heard… Nor is it even possible to capture the full wonder of what God has prepared for us. The depth of what God has in store for us in His kingdom is beyond super amazing. I am so looking forward to that day!

Picture in your mind that our God, is the awesome God of not just heaven and earth, but of the entire universe. See in your mind that His ability to create is infinite and unlimited. And then realize that what He is creating for us at this very moment is so great, that all the supercomputers of the world working 24/7 could never calculate their eternal worth.

In God’s kingdom of glory, we will fully experience His gift of eternal life, which I believe is the smallest gift of heaven, because it’s your ticket into the front door. In addition to eternal life, we will experience rewards and treasures, along with a peace and joy that passes all understanding. And then, above and beyond all of these wonderful things, God is also creating for us a new heaven and a new earth that will absolutely dazzle our minds.

With that fantastic picture in mind, listen to these powerful words from Ephesians 3:20.

Ephesians 3:20 Now (to Him) who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us (which is Jesus Christ) … NKJV

I have used this scripture many times in prayer, but the Lord has shown me this scripture is also a picture of how God plans to dish out the rewards of heaven that are so rich and so vast they are exceedingly, abundantly above ALL we could ask or think.

Get that picture in your mind. The rewards of eternity are so indescribable, that God joined together two descriptive words, exceedingly abundantly, so that even IF… IF… you could go to the ultimate limit of what you think God will give to those who love Him, then know that you have not even scratched the surface of His exceedingly abundant ability to reward those who love Him with great rewards, that are beyond measure.

This is exactly why Paul said… Eye has not seen… nor have entered into the heart of man… the mind-bending, indescribable, unbelievable, inexpressible things of the glory and wonder that God has prepared for those who love Him. The rewards and treasures of heaven are so abundant and so exceedingly amazing that God had to create a whole new heaven and a whole new earth to fit it all in. Glory to God!

OUR ENTRANCE INTO THE KINGDOM

Compare that with Peter’s words when he spoke about the abundance of our rewards.

2 Peter 1:11 …an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly (how much?) into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. NKJV

Have you ever given thought about what your entrance into eternity will be like? Upon our entrance into God’s kingdom, we will be overrun with the richness of God’s love; we will be overwhelmed by His matchless grace, His endless glory, and an abundance of rewards so enormous in measure they stagger the mind. Not only are they abundant, but our rewards are unending and eternal which means they will never, never, never… run out!