“Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord, and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.”
There is a running joke in my family about “experience.” My uncle Bill is a patriarch and ran a family landscaping business. Many of his brothers and nephews worked many sweaty hours in the hot Arizona sun so they might obtain financial reward. One particular summer my cousin, Doug, came over from California to work. One particular Friday everyone was paid except him. When he asked Uncle Bill about his pay, he was told that he got experience, thus no pay. Being the loving family that we are, he was lead to believe this to the point that he called his mom, overwhelmed with tears and anger. When the joke had played itself out, Doug was eventually given his due pay.
I am not saying God has a morbid sense of humor and will toy with your emotions, but He has promised to reward you for your work. The devil and many in the world would have you think that there is no reward for serving God; emphasizing everything you “have to give up.” He will even try to convince you that all you are getting is some type of dull “experience”, but God has said “thy work shall be rewarded.” The next time you feel like doing God’s work is a waste of time, think of the reward that He has promised and take courage. You will need patience because God did not promise when the reward would come, only that it would.
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