The Reward of Endurance

As I continue to talk to the saints, the feedback that I receive is that many believers are still tired. God is Faithful, so it sounds like some of the soldiers are getting a "second wind" if you will; but things are still hard. But I want to encourage you saints that Promotion Time is coming. As we prepare to go into the last month of the Hebrew Calendar, the New Year going into September of 2015 will be one that I don't think any of us will forget. God has blessings, miracles, breakthroughs, rewards, promotions and gifts for all of His children who have chosen to be Faithful and Obedient to Him during this very trying season. For this reason I want to encourage you with the Reward of Endurance.

As I've stated on several occasions, the key to this Season is Endurance. One prophet received a word from the Lord that described it as Perseverance. For the next 4 weeks, it is imperative that you hang in there. Whatever lessons God has chosen to teach you during this Season, hold onto them. Whatever Revelation that He has chosen to impart, receive it and internalize it. You've got to "hold that fast" which the Lord has given unto you (Revelation 3). Part of the reason this is necessary is because the Lessons that you've been taught over the last several years and in many cases over the last several months, are going to be critical during the Season we're about to embark upon going into September and the rest of the Fall of 2015. However, we also want to keep in mind that there is a Divine Reward awaiting all of those who have been Faithful to the Lord and have "endured" unto the end.

The God we serve is a God of Reward. We don't often (or at least often enough) think of Him in these terms, but we need to. You're not just "working" for nothing (Matthew 20). God has a Reward and a Promotion in store for you. But you must Endure. The Reward of Endurance is the entrance into a whole nother Dimension in God. One of the fallacies of our faith is that we're always looking for God to reward us in the Natural. Yes, He can do that, and He will; but that's not the true Reward. When you remain Faithful unto the Father, He doesn't just reward you with temporal gifts, He rewards you with the Gift of Himself. This is where the witness of the church has fallen grossly short. There's a Dimension of Reality in God and in Christ that far exceeds any amount of money or personal pleasure that you can experience here on earth (Psalm 16). The "natural" man is not going to understand this, but the spiritual man is "supposed" to; and God expects His children to reach for this Reward (Philippians 3). Hebrews chapter 12 says that, "for the Joy that was set before Him, (Jesus) endured the Cross". Jesus didn't endure the Cross "just" to satisfy the Will of the Father (even though that was the primary Motivation). He did it because there was a Reward in store for Him. A Joy that He had not yet experienced as the Eternal Son of God. Can you believe that? There was a Greater Glory that Jesus was reaching for in Enduring the Cross. Hallelujah! And saints, there's a Greater Glory in the Spirit Realm that God has prepared for you that's literally going to blow your mind (Ephesians 3). It is indeed, the Reward of Endurance.