Last night at church we enjoyed a pre-Christmas service and sang Christmas carols instead of the regular songs and hymns. All along, I wondered what the bumpy mound was that lay covered the length of a long table in front of the platform. Then Pastor's wife went up, took off the coverings to reveal all sorts of packaged items!
Turns out we were asked to guess the answers to Bible trivia, names of holiday songs, and other questions and riddles pertaining to Christmas. Each right answer earned a prize from the stack of goodies up front. I surprised myself by getting at least 5 guesses right! My prizes were a scented candle, a bag of Russell Stover caramels, a pack of three storage containers for the fridge, a set of screw drivers (I gave to hubby), and an oven mitt with the words, "It's So Good to Be Home," scrolled on it!
Somehow I was reminded of the rewards that will be handed out at the Judgement Seat of Christ (Bema). I Corinthians 3:10-15 talks about building on the foundation laid by Paul. "But let each one take heed how he builds on it. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
"Now if anyone builds on this foundation with with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one's work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one's work, of what sort it is. If anyone's work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire."
When our children were in high school, every year they would have an Awards Day. Excitement ran high as students waited to hear their name called if they had earned an award. How proud we as parents were if our child was an Award recipient! How wonderful it will be when we receive our eternal reward, and like the words on my oven mitt, we can say, "It's so good to be home!
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