The drug store wants me to carry a rewards card so I get a discount on some things. The auto parts store wants me to carry a rewards card and so does the pizza shop, donut store, hardware store, grocery store, and barbershop. Now my wallet is already fat with a credit card, driver’s license, health care card, library card, gift card to Barnes and Noble and my AARP card for discounts of which I have yet to use after carrying it for five years. If I were to carry all those reward cards surely I would need to use a hand truck. In all fairness I must state that most of them will give me the rewards if I tell them my phone number which verifies I do have a card. I just refuse to carry it.
I unabashedly ask for my “old people’s discount” everywhere. I get my tithe back. I love rewards. It is a characteristic that strongly contributes to my following Jesus because Hebrews 11:6 clearly states, “He is a rewarder to those who diligently seek Him.” I don’t have to carry a card. I don’t even have to give Him my phone number.
However, I do have to diligently seek Him. But wait a minute. In Revelation 3:20 it says, “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” Apparently I have to diligently find my way to the door. That shouldn’t be too difficult. But there is something more here. If I diligently spend time studying His word there is no doubt that the rewards are rich, satisfying and endless.
Written by Roger Bothwell on June 11, 2012
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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