Reviled Here, Rewarded There

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

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Joy, Jesus, John Piper, Daily Devotional, Desiring God, Solid Joys, 163859, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Devotional

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🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Because Jesus died in our place, he guaranteed that every good deed will prosper — sooner or later.

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0:00.0	February 6. Reviled here, rewarded there.
0:08.6	He is like a tree planted by streams of water
0:12.2	that yields its fruit in its season,
0:15.3	and its leaf does not wither.
0:18.1	In all that he does, he prospers. Psalm 1.3. How does the promise in Psalm 1-3 point to Christ?
0:30.1	It says, in all that he does, he prospers. The righteous prosper in everything they do. Is this naive or profoundly true?
0:49.6	In this life, it certainly seems that the wicked prosper.
0:58.3	Fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
1:01.1	over the man who carries out evil devices.
1:03.0	Psalm 37.
1:10.1	Evil doers not only prosper, but they put God to the test and they escape.
1:12.9	Malachi 3.15.
1:16.9	And in this life, the righteous often suffer,
1:19.8	and their goodness is rewarded with abuse.
1:23.1	If we had forgotten the name of our God,
1:25.1	would not God discover this yet?
1:28.3	For your sake, we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
1:32.3	Psalm 44, 20 to 22.
1:36.3	The psalmist themselves knew this.
1:38.3	We are not protesting something they didn't already know.
1:43.3	Therefore, when the psalmist says, in all that he does,
1:49.4	he prospers, he is not naive. He is pointing through the ambiguities of this life to the life
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