Will you claim God's full reward?

Ps 33: 10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

“The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought” refers to how God crushes “the purpose” of those people who are foreign to His ways of truth and righteousness . . .

“To make the devices of the people of none effect” refers to how God breaks the purpose – or how He neutralizes (nullifies) the works of man.

Ps 33: 11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

God’s purpose – God’s advice will continue or be established for all ages . . . The mind of God will influence humanity in “every” generation.

Ps 33: 12 ¶ Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

To “be blessed” is to be happy – the nation who has chosen God to be the Lord that they serve – will be a blessed nation – a happy nation . . .

We can compare the nation of Israel to “herself” when she chose to serve God – to those times when she chose to rebel against God . . . 

As the nation of Israel wondered in the wilderness “because of her rebellion” – she was protected by God – and God also provided for her needs . . . but she was still being chastised for her rebellion.

So compare her state of “happiness” in the wilderness of chastisement - with how she was blessed when she first crossed over the Jordan into the promised land to claim God’s promise  . . . 

This same comparison can also true of our lives today – when as God’s children – we are chastised of God as we rebel . . . in the midst of chastisement God still loves us – and God still protects us from spiritual 

harm – but in the midst of punishment – we cannot know the same type of blessings and happiness that it is possible to enjoy when we have a right relationship with God and are not fighting against His will for our lives . . .

This promised blessing of happiness is not only promised to that nation whose God is the Lord . . . but this promise is also extended to . . . 

“the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance” or to those people whom God has chosen to be His special treasure . . . 

this refers not only to the blessing of “salvation” – But this promised blessing has to do with “the abundant life” which only some experience AFTER they are saved.

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

To have "life" is of course referring to the salvation of our souls – through faith and repentance in Jesus Christ.  But the "abundant" life that is mentioned here is something that is added to our salvation IF WE SEEK God’s will through PROPER WORSHIP after we are saved . . .

Luke 1: 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
 69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
 73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
 74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
 75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

The key phrase to this passage in Luke is that God has “saved” His people with the intent that His people might “remember His holy covenant” and serve Him without fear ALL THE DAYS OF THEIR LIFE.

Have we allowed God’s expectations to be met in our lives . .  . or have we forgotten His Holy covenant (which refers to the teachings that He left in His New Testament Church)

 James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Does every child of God love God as they should?  

“The crown of life” that is mentioned here – is a reward that NOT ALL of the saved are going to receive.

It is not possible to determine just exactly what this “crown of life” will be . . . but the point is that the abundant life Jesus spoke of in John – and
this crown of life that is mentioned here – represent something that only 

those who gain a special relationship with Jesus through obedience/faith/repentance/proper worship AFTER they are saved will be able to receive . . .

1Co 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

If we can see that it is possible for a child of God NOT to love God as he should love Him . . . then we can also see that it is possible for that same 

child to lose rewards in the day of judgment and to miss out on the blessing spoken of here that has been prepared NOT FOR ALL THE SAVED but only for them that love Him.