This is an email that one of the guys in my pledge class sent all of us. These are not my words, but his. I thought it was extremely true, and I know I haven't thought about it a lot until now, but it's great.

Heaven's Reward
People talk about how we will inherit great and wondrous treasures when we enter into heaven. People turn down earthly gain and possession believing they will be given a much greater gift once past those pearly gates. I think it's really funny how people take Jesus saying that we will inherit greater treasure in heaven as actual treasure! Yes we will be given crowns, to show our co-reign with Christ. But what use will riches be in heaven!? What will the great saints buy with our trillions of trillions of dollars of worth?! Will that reward of treasures last eternity!? I think we've missed it beloved, Jesus told us we would inherit a great reward and I'm sure he smiled when he said that—for a second. I believe He smiled for just a second, because he soon started frowning due to the looks on the disciples faces, due to what happened in their hearts, due to the wayward teachings that future generations would follow. We've missed it beloved. 1) Why do you think we hear of the saints in heaven throwing down their crowns to Jesus so easily? 2) What is the greatest gift you can think of receiving? The saints don't think twice about laying down their crowns because they get it, they finally get it! They figured out what the real reward is! What is it? What's the most wondrous, most valuable gift you can think of? Not the Sunday school answers like grace, or salvation or love, those are great...but we have those beloved. Think of what you don't have…yet--or what you haven't seen yet! What accompanies the laying down of crowns? Who is always present when we here of yet again saints and kings throwing down their inherited gift? It's Jesus!!! He's there; he's right in front of them! He smiles and breaks down as each crown leaves the head of a saint.

 Beloved, the smile on Jesus’ face is far greater than any reward I can even fathom. I don't want anything else, we shouldn't! Jesus told the young prince to give it all up, yet what we've been taught is
that all we have to do is give up a little gain here and get a lot of gain there...no no no no beloved, that's so wrong. I know that breaks the heart of God. Our mindset has become: ok I just get through this lull in my pocket book in this life and God will bring me into a life of wealthy living in heaven...beloved get real. In a pure, simple human way we are using god. We are using, by how we perceive, his promise to us to our own gain. Beloved get over yourself, our reward in heaven is NOT wealth and treasures! The very streets of heaven are gold! What need would we have to be rewarded with pavement!? Beloved wake up and realize our reward is something that's worth beyond belief. Just think about it, try imagining it: Jesus smiling. What you just imagined is not even 0.000000000001% close to what it'll be like! Besides, beloved, we are already surrounded with riches and power and might! We’ve already inherited more riches and power than anyone of this world will ever possess again (Jesus being the first and will be the last), by being redeemed through Christ! We will be kings, soon, for He is coming soon. We will be given power and authority.