Our Great Reward

In contemplating the rewards that the Lord has for believers in heaven, I was reminded of God telling Abraham "I am your shield, your very great reward."

Sam Storms says this in his book One Thing: "To think that everyone in heaven is equally knowledgeable, equally holy, equally capable of enjoying God, is to argue that the progress we make now on earth is irrelevant to our heavenly state. But we are often exhorted to do things now precisely because it will build up and increase for us treasure in heaven. Not everyone responds to these commands in the same way or to the same degree or with the same measure of faithfulness. Thus people will enter heaven at differing degrees of holiness, love and joy. All will be subject to increase and expansion based on the depth and measure of our development here on earth. What we do and know and achieve now, by God's grace, will have eternal consequences.
"Your capacity for happiness in heaven is shaped by the development and refinement and depth of your capacity on earth. ... What we experience in joy and understanding and insight now ... is the foundation on which all our eternal experience and growth is based."

That is a reward that truly excites me. God Himself, and more of Him. Forever.