"Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak; for your work shall be rewarded."
2 Chronicles 15:7
The story is told of a woman who had a rare rosebush. She worked over it for weeks, but saw little or no results for her labor. One day she observed a crack in the wall and upon investigation found a small shoot of the rosebush running through the crevice. When she went to the other side of the wall she found roses blooming in splendid beauty and her labor rewarded. Some of us too work year after year seeing little if any result, but we are not to be discouraged, for our work is truly blooming. However, it may be we shall only see its luxuriant growth when we get on the other side of the wall!
Gipsy Smith at one time was conducting meetings in Aberdeen. At the close of the service he was working his way through the great crowd when he felt a tug at his coat. For a few seconds he did not pay much attention, thinking it was merely someone trying to get ahead of him down the aisle, but the tug became more insistent. Finally he stopped. Looking down, he saw a little Scotch lassie. Although she was dressed in rags, her face and eyes were shining. Gipsy Smith said, "In her uplifted hand was something wrapped in tissue paper. It was moist and grimy for she had been clutching it for some time. 'What is it, my dear?' I asked. And she replied, 'I want you to have my candy." 'Why?" I asked. 'Oh, sir,' she exclaimed happily, 'we've got a new daddy. He's never been sober until Saturday. We've never known him to be anything but drunk. He was in your meeting on Saturday, and it's ll so wonderful now.' And didn't I take her candy?" said Gipsy Smith. "I should say I did - it was worth living a lifetime for that minute."
Yes, there are rewards for the righteous at the Judgment Seat, but there are also many sweet compensations even in this life when one is engaged in the service of Christ!
"Bread For Each Day"
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