“Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.”
– Isaiah 3:10
What a wonderful promise when properly understood! God’s justice is perfect and everlasting. For those who serve Him in righteousness, there will be glorious and eternal rewards. The Bible describes that in the language of sumptuous feasting at the table of God. The righteous shall indeed eat the fruit of their deeds!
However, we must understand that God’s timetable is not our timetable and His perspective isn’t our perspective. God’s promise of abundant reward for the righteous isn’t a guarantee of prosperity or even comfort during our brief, mortal life. Many faithful Christians have suffered throughout their lives or lived with difficulty, poverty, or deprivation. That will continue until Christ returns. However, God’s rewards are eternal and we begin to enjoy them the day we pass into His presence.
Jesus repeatedly spoke of the everlasting rewards for those believers who serve faithfully throughout their lives. His picture is clear. Whatever our earthly life may hold, God will justly bless and reward His faithful servants forever and ever. If you invest your life in the Lord, know that it will be well with you in the ultimate, eternal, and perfect sense of the word “well”. Long for the sweet fruit of your Kingdom work!