A Sermon
Delivered on Wednesday Evening, September 24th 2025, by
Evangelist PAUL ACQUAH,
Live on MZ Radio London, London UK.
Life often has moments when it feels like no one notices the effort, sacrifice, or love we pour into others. The late nights, the quiet prayers, the acts of kindness that go unseen can leave us wondering if what we do really matters. But what if I told you there’s an audience of one who has never missed a thing? Someone who sees every sacrifice, every act of love, and every single moment of faithfulness you’ve shown? Scripture reminds us that God is not unjust – He does not overlook the work of His children or the love they show in His name. The Bible assures us that even when people fail to recognise or appreciate our labour, heaven keeps a perfect record. In today’s message titled “God never forgets your work,” Evangelist Paul Acquah explores what it means to serve with the confidence that our labour in the Lord is never, ever in vain.
Be blessed as you listen!
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. Sometimes you can serve people and you can be a blessing to them, and they can be ungrateful. For example, you can even raise your children and then when they reach their teenage years, they don’t appreciate how long you’ve been taking care of them and how far you’ve brought them. They get to that place where maybe they’re a little bit ungrateful and they may not appreciate you as a parent.
But it doesn’t matter where you are in life, all of us experience this in one form or another where you give your all to someone, you give your all to something that you believe in or someone you believe in and you don’t feel it’s reciprocated. They don’t appreciate or even acknowledge what you’re doing, and so what God is saying here is that don’t worry if people don’t see and appreciate what you’re doing, don’t let that stop your love, don’t let that diminish your love. Keep loving, keep serving, keep being a blessing because I see everything you do and at the end of the day the bible tells us that everything we do we do it as unto the lord anyway. Therefore, I just want us to always know that God recognises us even when you feel alone or you feel like nobody appreciates what I’m doing and you feel unseen, or you feel invisible. You’re not invisible God sees everything you do, and God celebrates you, God appreciates you.
You are important to God, He sees what you are doing, and rewards you if you don’t lose heart. Your work is never in vain. “Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain” (1Corinthians 15:58). Even the naked you clothed, the hungry you fed, the prisoner you visited, if they forget what you did, God will never forget you. You are important to Him. “And the King will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’ (Mathew. 25:40). Whatever we do for people, we do it for the Lord. Every time we do something for our brothers and sisters, especially those who are in dire need, God appreciates what we have done . The least, those who are in the margins, and the poor who are helpless and powerless, they are God’s people, and God will reward us if we help them.
Have you helped people in your community? When someone was hungry or thirsty, did we bother sharing food and water to fill their hunger and quench their thirst? When somebody was naked and has nothing, did we clothe that person? Or when a person was sick or in prison, did we bother and care to visit and see that person who was suffering tremendously in pain and despair? When a person was in need of our help, did we open our hearts and hands to be of assistance to the prisoners, the homeless, the helpless? For “whatsoever you do to the least of your brothers and sisters, you do unto me,” says the Lord Jesus.
We have a responsibility to live a life that exemplifies the fact that we have a relationship with Jesus. That’s why He said “I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,[a] you did it to me”. ‘ (Mathew. 25: 36 – 40).
And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward” (Matthew 10:42).
Jesus says even if you only give a cup of cold water, you will be rewarded. So this works out that it’s not just the big things he rewards, he rewards even the smallest of things. God notices everything and whatever he’s given to you if you’ll just use and it and it may seem so insignificant, but God is saying use it, bless somebody with it and he says you will not lose your reward. This brings out the fact that you can lose a reward. How do you lose a reward? By not using the grace he gave you. If you don’t use what he’s given to you then you lose that reward just like the one who came back with one talent. He didn’t do anything with it, he lost his reward.
God has given you grace, and if you use that grace you will be rewarded. Take note of the words of the Apostle Paul, as recorded in Acts 20:24, regarding life’s worth: “But life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus”. Apostle Paul was talking about the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God. The work assigned to him by Jesus was to spread the Gospel. He declared his willingness to live and die for this purpose, valuing the fulfilment of this mission above his own life or circumstances. Paul placed great value on his calling to share the message of God’s grace, considering his own existence meaningful only in service to this divine mission.
At the end of his life, he knew he had finished the race and will be rewarded. The Apostle Paul reflected on his life in his final days, saying: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.” (2 Timothy 4:7-8). He faced his upcoming death with confidence, knowing he would receive a “crown of righteousness” from God for his faithfulness to the end. He was seeing the day when he would stand before the King of kings and receive the “crown of righteousness.” This is one of the great keys to victorious Christian living.
Paul wanted to let us know that this “crown of righteousness” wasn’t for him alone. He stated, “Not to me only, but unto them also that love his appearing.” All believers who love the Lord have crowns of righteousness waiting for them too. Live a life that pleases God and God will reward you.
“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” (Hebrews 11:6).
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you” (Mathew 6:33) . That’s a great reward.
“And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight” (1 John 3:22).
