A Sermon
Delivered on Wednesday Evening, September 17th 2025, by
Evangelist PAUL ACQUAH,
Live on MZ Radio London, London UK.
Have you ever felt like your efforts go unnoticed? Like the good you do, the faith you hold onto, and the sacrifices you make are all for nothing? We all long for our lives to have meaning, for our struggles to have a purpose, and for our devotion to be acknowledged.
But what if I told you that it is? That every act of faith, no matter how small, is seen? That the God we serve isn’t a distant, silent observer, but an active participant in our lives? This isn’t just about what we get as believers; it’s about the very nature of who He is. It’s about a God who sees you, who knows your heart, and who promises to honour every step you take toward Him. In today’s message titled “God is a rewarder,” Evangelist Paul Acquah explores what it truly means to believe that God rewards those who earnestly seek Him. Be blessed as you listen!
God wants somebody to believe in him. God wants you to believe in him, John 14:1says,
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me”.
“And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You” (Psalm 9:10).
Most of us have heard that when we get to heaven, we’re going to have rewards in heaven.
But you can have rewards on earth as well. “Then Peter began to say to Him, “See, we have left all and followed You.” So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life” (Mark 10:28-30).
The Bible specifically says that we must believe certain things about God. There are two things it says you must believe about him. So, if God says You Must Believe certain things about him, I think that’s very important so let’s find where in the Bible those two things are and what they are. let’s go to Hebrews 11 and verse 6. “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him”. It says without faith it’s impossible to please him for he who comes to God must….. It didn’t say, it’s a good idea, or it’s a suggestion, or it’s an option. No, it says Those Who come to God must believe two things: believe that he is and that he’s a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. So, I think it’s important to understand if you come to God, you believe he is. He has not fallen out of his throne. Know that he is and he is a rewarder of those who seek him diligently.
When Moses asked the question in Exodus 3: Who are you God? God said, ‘I am’. If we were to ask today, God who are you, we would receive the same response that Moses received, and God would answer ‘I am’. God would say I am whatever you need.
I am all sufficient one and then God would continue to say I am your Creator.
He could just go down the list and he says:
I’m your provider
I’m your healer
I’m your deliverer
I am your Good Shepherd
I am your shield
I’m your buckler
I’m your peace
I’m your strength
And then when we come into the New Testament, Jesus would take up with that same theme and say:
I’m the way the truth and the life
I’m the resurrection and the life
I’m the door to which you may enter in
I’m your Saviour
I’m your soon coming King
God revealed himself to Moses at the burning bush and declaring I am. You can just put in whatever you need at that point in time and he is the I am.
I am the one that is able to do whatever needs to be done.
I am the all sufficient one
I am the almighty one
God wants us to know him. But there’s an aspect here that he wants you to know. What’s that aspect? He wants you to know that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. So that’s something he said you must believe about him and that’s very important. God wants you to know that he’s a rewarder. Or know that he exists and rewards. God says you must believe this about him, that he’s a rewarder. he wants you to know he’s interested in rewarding you. I just want to send this message out to everybody who’s out there taking care of your business: you’re taking care of your responsibilities. You wake up every day and give your best or serve wholeheartedly, and you are as consistent as you can. Whether people appreciate you, whether they acknowledge your efforts, whether they celebrate what you’re doing or not, I just want you to know that God appreciates you and that God sees everything that you do. Taking care of your responsibilities by carrying out your day-to-day responsibilities will transfer into rewards.
God has a plan for you, and it has to do with doing things in life that matter to God. I just want to tell you that whatever you are doing, whether people appreciate you, whether they acknowledge your efforts, whether they celebrate what you’re doing or not, I want you to know that God appreciates you and that God sees everything that you do. You are important to God. He appreciates you, and He will celebrate you. Hebrews chapter 6: 10-12 NIV says, God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. 11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized. 12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
The word ‘forget’ means to lose out of mind, to no longer care for, it’s like out of sight out of mind. Sometimes when people are right there with you and they see what you’re doing, they can appreciate your effort, they can appreciate your service, but once they walk away from you, let’s say for a few weeks or a few months or maybe even a year it’s like out of sight out of mind. They totally forget what you’ve done, they forget what you offered, they forget the contributions that you’ve made and so God is saying that you’ll never be out of sight, and out of mind with Him, He’ll never lose you out of His mind, that’s what He’s saying. It says God will always care about what you’ve done for His people and what you’ve done in His name.
It doesn’t have to be a grand thing because the bible says whatever you do, do as if you are doing for the Lord. It could be every day you wake up maybe as a single parent and you take care of your children or maybe every day as a police officer you go and you risk your life for the community or as a good citizen, you serve the people around you. It doesn’t have to be a huge thing where you’re on the world’s stage. If you’re touching one life at a time, or you’re making small deposits in people throughout the day, the bible says that God is not unjust to actually forget what you’ve done and to forget the difference that you’re making. Yes, people may be unjust and forget what you’ve done for them but God will never do so and God sees and appreciates everything you’ve done even if other people don’t see and appreciate. You need to understand that what you don’t get from people you get it from God.
