God gives great rewards. He promises that the future will be one thing for certain: worth far more than anything you suffer here.

But He also promises that no matter how lazy or wasteful a person is in their life, if they change and turn to Him, even at the last moment, they get to share the reward too. They get paradise just the same.

That makes a lot of people mad. That makes a lot of people dislike God. It makes more unwilling to share God with others. They only want people to know Jesus who are going to make the most of it…who are certain to be hard workers and top performers too.

I remind myself often, that I am blessed with the opportunity to share God’s gift with everyone I meet. I am not allowed to judge or withhold that news to anyone, no matter how I view them or what their motivation is. I put myself in the place of a person who is turning to Jesus at the end of their life, and I am reminded: that could be me! I could have been that blind and lazy person…and I would want someone to love me enough, even in my worthlessness to share Jesus authentically with me.

Don’t be jealous or angry. Don’t hesitate to share Jesus with people, no matter how strange they are or different from you they seem.