A Life God Rewards
Author: Bruce Wilkinson
ISBN: 1-57673-976-7
Publisher: MultNomah
Review
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A Life God Rewards is a small book dealing with a big subject, namely, the relationship between what we do today and the reward or lack thereof in eternity. Specifically, Wilkinson deals with the six main events of life, as he has defined them: Life, Death, Destination, Resurrection, Repayment, and Eternity.
The first point I will make is that it is a good balance for the Prayer of Jabez which was also written by Wilkinson. It handles the subject of rewards most appropriately and argues that although God may reward us here on earth, it is not guaranteed and we must wait until eternity to see the true reward.
I do like how he brings out Heb 11:6, where he that comes to God must believe that he is AND that He is a rewarder. God wants to bless us spiritually now and in unimaginable ways in eternity. It is imperative that we believe this, otherwise we may miss out. The other point I took away from this concerns the story of the minas. God does have an expectation of the results we can achieve if we fully utilize our abilities, and if we fail to fully utilize those abilities, we can short-change ourselves of the size of the reward we might have received. But thankfully that expectation is not the same for everyone, rather, it is in proportion to our abilities. In everything, God is just and fair.
Overall, this is a quick read but has many important things to say.
ISBN: 1-57673-976-7
Publisher: MultNomah
Review
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A Life God Rewards is a small book dealing with a big subject, namely, the relationship between what we do today and the reward or lack thereof in eternity. Specifically, Wilkinson deals with the six main events of life, as he has defined them: Life, Death, Destination, Resurrection, Repayment, and Eternity.
The first point I will make is that it is a good balance for the Prayer of Jabez which was also written by Wilkinson. It handles the subject of rewards most appropriately and argues that although God may reward us here on earth, it is not guaranteed and we must wait until eternity to see the true reward.
I do like how he brings out Heb 11:6, where he that comes to God must believe that he is AND that He is a rewarder. God wants to bless us spiritually now and in unimaginable ways in eternity. It is imperative that we believe this, otherwise we may miss out. The other point I took away from this concerns the story of the minas. God does have an expectation of the results we can achieve if we fully utilize our abilities, and if we fail to fully utilize those abilities, we can short-change ourselves of the size of the reward we might have received. But thankfully that expectation is not the same for everyone, rather, it is in proportion to our abilities. In everything, God is just and fair.
Overall, this is a quick read but has many important things to say.
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