STOP AND THINK – An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it. (Maurice Maeterlinck, 19th and 20th century Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist)
Were you ever involved in an organization that required doing good deeds? Did you have a check-off list to complete? It gave a sense of relief, didn’t it? But it was really fulfilling—not because of the awards you may have received for doing your good deeds—but for the sense of worthy accomplishment. That was reward enough.
Live such good lives among the pagans that … they may see your good deeds and glorify God. (1 Peter 2:12)