There's reward for hard work

There's reward for hard work 


"The man watched, silent. Was this GOD's answer? Had GOD made his trip a success or not? When the camels had finished drinking, the man brought out gifts, a gold nose ring weighing a little over a quarter of an ounce and two arm bracelets weighing about four ounces, and gave them to her."(Gen.24.21 - 22)

Hard work has never been known to kill anyone. A lot of people have replaced hard work with laziness all in the name of smart work and they wonder why they are not further ahead in life. Hard work without the blessing of God is futile and without hard work, we forfeit the reward  The servants in our text says God has made this trip a success. 

We know that the servant of Abraham who went to get a wife for Isaac, took ten camels. 
   
"The servant took ten of his master's camels and, loaded with gifts from his master, traveled to Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor." (Gen.24.10) 

And camels are said to drink up to 30 gallons or 113 litres of water. The Bible says that Rebecca gave the ten camels water until all ten camels were watered. 

" She promptly emptied her jug into the trough and ran back to the well to fill it, and she kept at it until she had watered all the camels."(Gen.24.20

The verse says she kept at it until she had watered all the camels. This  is no mere feat, it was a sheer dint of hard work and she was rewarded. The servant "brought out gifts, a gold nose ring weighing a little over a quarter of an ounce and two arm bracelets weighing about four ounces, and gave them to her." 

The Bible says hard work always pays off. 

"Hard work always pays off; mere talk puts no bread on the table." (Prov.14.23 MSG) 

Work hard and God will see to it that you are rewarded... 

Good day,
Have a great day today, 
Emmanuel Okoro 
(aka Mr. Lift)

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