The reward of your faith

"Misguided teachings about faith have led people to believe that faith consists of receiving from God.
Faith consists of sacrificing for the interests of the Kingdom, and in return Heaven rewards you."
Dr. Raoul Wafo

On Sunday, August 3, 2025, we had the opportunity to continue our adventure on the theme of faith, an adventure that began last Sunday, July 27, 2025.

After exploring the topic of the price of faith, it was now time to address the question of the reward for our faith. People who choose to follow God in society are often perceived as losers because everyone thinks that they will now live a priestly life, a life of hardship and sacrifice without reward, unless they compromise, as we find so much of that in churches today.

In general, we tend to turn to God so that He will answer our prayers and deliver us from the challenges and situations we face. This is not a bad thing, but there is a specific course of action that must be followed first.

The whole problem stems from this misunderstanding of faith, both by contemporary observers who have only had the shortcomings of certain churches as their model, and by people who call themselves believers because of these incomplete teachings on faith.

The Bible contains about five times more references to the word “Earth” than to the word “Heaven,” depending on the different versions. You will easily understand that this phenomenon is not a coincidence. God does not want Christians to be mere extras on Earth, devoting themselves to talking about Heaven and imagining it.

"The Earth is not an accidental parenthesis "
Dr. Raoul Wafo

In Genesis 12:31 KJV, God promises Abraham that He will bless him. The sentence is indeed in the future tense because God wants to express the fact that this promise is conditional on Abraham's obedience. His obedience therefore appears to be the key that will seal the fulfillment of this promise made by God.

Waiting for a reward from God is not bad in itself, but what is subtle is understanding that the reward will be the consequence of sacrificial obedience.

Why sacrificial? This obedience will be fraught with pitfalls, challenges, and sacrifices. It will not be easy or straightforward for the simple reason that we have decided to obey. On the contrary, from the moment we first decide to follow Jesus and then to obey God, the enemy powers rise up against us in order to push us to backtrack on our choices, but perseverance in this path of obedience will bring us a reward both in this age and in the age to come.

See Mark 10:28-30 KJV.

During his presentation, the doctor defined reward as an act of generosity received from someone to whom we have rendered a service or from someone to whom we have shown faithfulness.

When God speaks of reward, it is because He has seen your faithfulness over time.

"The reward comes from the fact that you have learned to set certain things aside for God.
Even when things seem to be delayed, God's faithfulness is never in question!"
Dr. Raoul Wafo

And what have you given up to follow God and obey Him?

I leave you with this question, but in the meantime, if you would like to explore the subject further, you will find Dr. Wafo's entire message below.

Keep your faith despite the headwinds. God is faithful, and His faithfulness is unquestionable, as Dr. Wafo would say.

Blessings!

SBE

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