What we do in the "here and now" is important! The choices we make to love, serve and honor the Lord through our lifestyle do not go unnoticed or unrewarded. Jesus told his disciples in Mr 8:35 "If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will find true life." The sacrifices that are made to do things God's way while here on earth are rewarded. Maintaining Godly spiritual priority and focus pays off in this life as well as in the future.

Our true love for God is made very evident through our thoughts and actions. What we really believe about the Lord, His Kingdom and our future will be exposed by our priorities! God requires that we love Him with all our heart, soul and body. Ever part of life should be and needs to fully yielded and surrendered to the Lord. His goal and objectives must your's as well. We must live in agreement with the desires of God's heart. If we're not then we need to turn to Him in repentance, seeking His grace, power, and courage to make and maintain quality decisions that the Lord is pleased to honor! God loves to bless His people. Jude 1:21  Live in such a way that God's love can bless you as you wait for the eternal life that our Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy is going to give you.

Rewards didn't motive Moses to live for God, however they did factor in to his decision making and it's only wisdom to allow this truth to effect our decisions as well! Heb.11:24-26 - It was by faith that Moses, when he grew up, refused to be treated as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. 25 He chose to share the oppression of God's people instead of enjoying the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He thought it was better to suffer for the sake of the Messiah than to own the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the great reward that God would give him. Choosing God over Egypt cost Moses everything. He chose love for God over love for this world. Life might have been easier for him had he decided to reap the benefits of his political connections. As son of Pharaoh's daughter he was set for life. There's nothing he couldn't have enjoyed in life but instead chose to suffer the lose of physical temporal things to gain the spiritual eternal things! The writer of Hebrews takes this concept out of the Old Testament and brings it down to our generation. This concept applies to us now! Heb. 12:26-28 -  When God spoke from Mount Sinai his voice shook the earth, but now he makes another promise: "Once again I will shake not only the earth but the heavens also." 27 This means that the things on earth will be shaken, so that only eternal things will be left. 28 Since we are receiving a Kingdom that cannot be destroyed, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe.

The things of this physical world are temporal. They will pass away! We need to be asking ourselves, "What of my life and living will remain?" Here's what Jesus taught us: Mt.6:19-21 - "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. As we live a yielded, devoted and fully surrendered life to the Lord Jesus Christ, obeying the Word and doing those things that please the Lord we'll be establishing a spiritual and eternal RRSP fund that will never be depleted throughout all eternity. God is encouraging us to invest wisely during our pilgrimage here on earth! It's never too late to start investing heavily in the eternal things of God!