Rest and Reward

Revelation 14:13
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me,
“Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”

Rest and reward are the blessings of faithfulness. To those who are faithful to labor for the Lord even in the face of opposition, trial and persecution God promises rest... relief from life's curse. And unlike life's curse; that all our labor would be in vain, producing thorns and thistles rather than lasting fruit, the reward of heaven is eternal fruit (Gen. 3:17-19, Psa. 127:1, Jn 15:5-8). Those who labor in the Lord do not labor in vain (1 Cor. 15:58) because the fruit they labor for are the souls of men.
What a glorious reward it will be to rest in the presence of Jesus Christ and see all the eternal live our labor has produced! And not just lives we have touched directly, but lives touched by lives touched by lives touched by lives our labor has touched!
This is the hope of heaven and the promise of God that motivates us to faithfulness and good works.

Father -May I be found faithful, that I may enjoy Your rest and reward - to see the fruit of my life's labor praise You eternally. Amen.