Rewards
As we learn to test what we receive from God, we discover the divine
Reward System that begins to bless our lives with the dividends of Tested
Thinking. Have you noticed that on some television channels there is a little
scrolling bar at the bottom, which lists the abbreviation codes for various
companies and the percentage of gain or loss they realized that day? As you
test your thinking and come up with the correct "code" to identify the
source and truth of every thought, you can reap the dividends that will
invariably come at the "end of the day." In other words, you will receive
measurable results from embracing truth.
Jeremiah 29:11 tells us the Lord's thoughts toward us when He
declares, "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD,
thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."
God knows His thoughts toward you—He knows what He has already
planned for your life. Therefore, He will reward you according to your
Tested Thinking and the actions you take as a result. Think of it this way.
Through your thinking you can determine the type of reward you will
receive. When you follow the pattern of Tested Thinking that God has
demonstrated, start obeying His precepts (planned thoughts, as spoken
through Jeremiah), and are living according to the statutes that He has
established, He will cause the rewards of obeying His eternal law to bless
your life.
The reward system includes both progress and pain. It is up to you to
choose the level of progress and limitations of pain, the limits of what you
are willing to sacrifice—such as time or activities or areas where you would
normally spend money—in order to press through to receive the dividends,
the end results, that your Tested Thinking will yield. Our struggle begins
when we try to qualify our spiritual growth by how much we have acquired
in the natural realm. Proverbs 19:1 says, "Better is the poor that walketh in
his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool."
W H A T ' S O N Y O U R M I N D ?
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