Jesus knows the struggle of the body against the human spirit. He doesn’t just say that we aren’t going to get any rewards and things of value. He simply tells us where we get them. If there weren’t going to be any rewards, we would find it impossible to put our trust in God. Not that we would miss understanding that God is a reward in Himself.

The way the human spirit wins over the human body is to start seeing eternity as delayed gratification.

If we have things of wealth and value to look forward to, we can suffer some resistance from the body. We can superimpose our spiritual joy and excitement concerning heavenly values or benefits over the bad attitudes of the body.

We, the spirit person, can gain power and momentum over wealth and value conflicts created by our body. The question is, how are we going to get an overall eternal perspective?