“If any man’s work shall abide which he built thereon, he
shall receive a reward.”
1 Corinthians 3:14
We will better understand the meaning of this trial by
fire if we remember that the words “as a flame of fire” describe the eyes of
the risen Christ. At the future judgment he will search our work with his own
discerning light, and we can be sure that his standards are absolute. That is why
we ourselves now come daily to the light of God to test that our work is being
“wrought in God.”
Whether or not we receive the Lord’s praise in the future
depends on how we please him in doing his will today. Of course, our reward is
a small matter; the real purpose of us all is to satisfy his heart. I believe
that every saved person shares the same desire to bring pleasure to the Lord.
That way the judgment seat becomes a goal before us that is full of the promise
of his approval.
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