Don’t set your Heart to be honored in this Life

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Esther 6:6 “Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?”

Let me tell you this: if you serve the Lord faithfully in this life then that day will come when you are publicly displayed and honoured and praised by God Himself. But don’t set your heart on it in this life! There is something of Haman in each of us that because of pride, desires the honour and admiration of our peers here and now. But now is not the time for such things. If God so chooses to honour you now then fine, but in actuality all honour should now be reserved for Jesus.

As you go through different hard experiences in this life and serve the Lord faithfully, rest assured that you too will be honoured at the return of Jesus. ‘These (trials) have come so that your faith–of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire–may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honour when Jesus Christ is revealed. (1 Pet 1:7) As Jesus said ‘My Father will honour the one who serves me.’ (John 12:26) and as Paul noted ‘each will receive his praise from God.’ (1 Cor 4:5)