Rewards of Faithfulness

Acts 1:23 KJV
And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

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Acts 1:23 KJV
And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

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Rewards of Faithfulness

Joseph and Mathias, you don't hear much about these two but for their names to be mentioned by the apostles means they were faithful.

Jesus has gone back to heaven and the believers as they were told, are waiting for the promised Holy Spirit. One of their first tasks is to fill up the position left by Judas. They need someone who has been faithful someone who has walked with them and witnessed the Ministry of Jesus since when Jesus was baptized till when he was taken up to heaven.

Two names come up, Joseph and Mathias. You never hear about them but they were there probably in the background faithful and present. The lot falls on Mathias and he takes the place of Judas to complete the 12.

God rewards the faithful his promises become reality to those who remain faithful to him. Think about Job a man who went through pain and adversity of Un imaginable proportions. His wife even told him to curse God and die but the man Job held on and he remained faithful. God rewarded him by giving him double for his trouble.

Job 42:12-13 KJV So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. He had also seven sons and three daughters.

In his time God rewards faithfulness whether it is Daniel or Abraham, Esther or the 3 Hebrew boys in the fiery furnace. God rewarded them.

Maybe you are like Joseph and Mathias you are faithful and present but no one recognizes or rewards you and for a moment there you have been thinking it's not worth it because no one notices.

This one thing I know, the one who rewards the most important of all notices and he keeps record. There is a reward, the ultimate reward that we all are looking forward to and that will only be given to the faithful.

Matthew 25:21 (KJV) His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Joseph and Mathias, you don't hear much about these two but for their names to be mentioned by the apostles means they were faithful.

Jesus has gone back to heaven and the believers as they were told, are waiting for the promised Holy Spirit. One of their first tasks is to fill up the position left by Judas. They need someone who has been faithful someone who has walked with them and witnessed the Ministry of Jesus since when Jesus was baptized till when he was taken up to heaven.

Two names come up, Joseph and Mathias. You never hear about them but they were there probably in the background faithful and present. The lot falls on Mathias and he takes the place of Judas to complete the 12.

God rewards the faithful his promises become reality to those who remain faithful to him. Think about Job a man who went through pain and adversity of Un imaginable proportions. His wife even told him to curse God and die but the man Job held on and he remained faithful. God rewarded him by giving him double for his trouble.

Job 42:12-13 KJV So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. He had also seven sons and three daughters.

In his time God rewards faithfulness whether it is Daniel or Abraham, Esther or the 3 Hebrew boys in the fiery furnace. God rewarded them.

Maybe you are like Joseph and Mathias you are faithful and present but no one recognizes or rewards you and for a moment there you have been thinking it's not worth it because no one notices.

This one thing I know, the one who rewards the most important of all notices and he keeps record. There is a reward, the ultimate reward that we all are looking forward to and that will only be given to the faithful.

Matthew 25:21 (KJV) His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.