Job 34:11

For He repays man according to his work,
And makes man to find a reward according to his
way.


How are each of us right now seeking after our own dreams, desires? Are we taking short cuts to get to that place. The verse says He repays man according to his works , it also says He wants each of us to find our own way to that reward. Many times we want to do little and gain alot, thats not how God works, like in my previous post , are we willing to sow the seeds of sacrifice.

If we take a shortcut, yes we might be able to get to where we want, but not the place where God intended us to be, theres a higher level He wants us to be at. If we keep taking shortcuts, we definitely need to keep going back to doing old things in order to get to the next level, then we take another shortcut, we go back again.

We should instead sow the seeds of sacrifice now, to really spend time working on the things we want to do, in studies, career, relationships. If we take shortcuts we will take a longer time to get where we want to in those areas. Instead we should make a decision to go through the whole process of paving our way towards the reward. Along the way we are definitely going to gain experiences like never before, yes we may stumble here and there through problems, but they are there to be solved, as we solved them we get another breakthrough. By the time we reach our reward , we would be well equiped to continue to build on it. Don't just work to get the reward, but work in a way that as we get the reward , we will be able to bring that reward to another level. Don't dwell on past glories. It's like going through school, during the school years, you just do enough to get a pass in every subject, choosing to play instead during those years. At the end of for example university, yes you get the degree, you get the certificate,you get the reward of the job . But during the course of your worklife, when you are placed in the challenges of work, are you able to handle it, are you able to use what you learn during your studies, to build on your degree. In this situation i think its a NO, from the way we go through the process, doing just the minimum in everything. We miss something between the start and finishing line of getting the reward, teh process.

Friends make the decision today, how are you going to make your way towards that reward?