Heavenly Rewards // Proverbs 19:17
How do you read today’s verse? It strikes me that it says kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord. God doesn’t owe us anything; in fact, we have a responsibility to do the right thing. But this isn’t to say God doesn’t have good things in store for us. Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount that when we do things for the poor without promoting self, we are actually storing up treasures in heaven (Mattew 6:19-21). Jesus followed that up by saying our heart follows what we treasure. If we are treasuring God and the things of heaven, then that is where the heart will be found. Talk about some heavenly rewards!
