If you labour for God you probably won’t need intercession to be rewarded. Why? Because God is a faithful and capable employer. Faithful because He will keep to the terms of the contract; and capable because He has the resources to pay you. This belief was reinforced in one of my mission trips. I went to Jalingo, Taraba State to minister. That was my first time in that part of the country. It was at the instance of a man who sat under my teachings some 22 years earlier. Then he was just a young brother in the assembly. In his own words he got baptized in the Holy Spirit without anyone laying hands on him. That occurred one day while I was teaching on Believers’ Identity. The young man of years ago has become a man of God in his own right, and a successful one too. He and his people received me royally. You can only imagine my excitement when I saw the fantastic work he is doing. He took time to regal me with many wonderful things I taught which gave him solid foundation in his faith walk. I consider people like him scattered over Nigeria and nations of the earth as part of the reward of my labour in the ministry.

God will reward every faithful labour for His name’s sake…there is no need to slack; our work will be rewarded when the time is ripe.

Let it be said again: God will reward every faithful labour for His name’s sake. There are two things, however, that are not in our power to decide. One, it is not in our power to decide how He might reward us. As at the time I started preaching there was no monetary reward as it were. Now the reward is coming in unlimited open doors of ministry, plus attendant honour. The second thing we don’t have power to decide the timing of the reward. Some of the things I see as harvest today date back to seed sown two decades or more. Some rewards come early; others are much longer in coming. When expected rewards appear slow in coming people get weary in well-doing. We need to take the passage of our meditation serious; there is no need to slack; our work will be rewarded when the time is ripe.