“Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’” Matt. 25:23 (NIV). This is a tremendously encouraging promise because God is promising to reward all our efforts at following and loving him by letting us share in God’s happiness as well as share in his management of the universe. We will participate in the goodness of God and taste God himself. We will share in his radiant glory; we will be glorified in Christ (Rom. 8:17). This is a fulfillment of the kingdom of God, which God wants to give to his people. We only have part of the kingdom now, but then we will experience the whole kingdom of God. All our sacrifices, all our holiness, all our faithfulness will be more than rewarded by the greatest bliss possible. Nothing will compare to the fulfillment of the next age when we get to share in God’s happiness.
How often do you think of your destiny when you can share in God’s happiness? What do you think you will feel when that happens? Does this encourage you now?
