THE REWARD OF FAITH
“I will make your reward very great.” —Genesis 15:1 God had asked Abram to leave his homeland at age seventy-five and follow Him to an unknown land. Abram did as God asked. After he had spent “some time” in that land (Gn 15:1), God unexpectedly promised him a great reward (Gn 15:1). The Lord often speaks of the rewards of obedient faith: “Do not, then, surrender your confidence; it will have great reward” (Heb 10:35). “Look out that you…do not lose what you have worked for; you must receive your reward in full” (2 Jn 8). “God is not unjust;...