Fidelity is rare and rewarded!
Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, "Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows, because he intended to lay hands on the Jews. But you may write as you please with regard to the Jews, in the name of the king, and seal it with the king's ring, for an edict written in the name of the king and sealed with the king's ring cannot be revoked."
Esther 8:7-8 (ESV)
Fidelity is rare and rewarded. Fidelity to God is rewarded, fidelity to one's spouse yields rewards, and fidelity to one's work is rewarded. A problem arises when we want the rewards apart from the fidelity or faithfulness required to earn them. Rewards are not gifts; they are rewards and require some kind of unusual action to obtain.
We often reward people who have worked hard. We reward faithful people. We reward people for extraordinary effort. When we started rewarding people for doing nothing extraordinary, we destroyed the concept of rewards. It is time for a rewards recrudescence.
Esther 8:7-8 (ESV)
Fidelity is rare and rewarded. Fidelity to God is rewarded, fidelity to one's spouse yields rewards, and fidelity to one's work is rewarded. A problem arises when we want the rewards apart from the fidelity or faithfulness required to earn them. Rewards are not gifts; they are rewards and require some kind of unusual action to obtain.
We often reward people who have worked hard. We reward faithful people. We reward people for extraordinary effort. When we started rewarding people for doing nothing extraordinary, we destroyed the concept of rewards. It is time for a rewards recrudescence.
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