The trustworthy person will get a rich reward, but a person who wants quick riches will get into trouble.

Proverbs 28:20 NLT

Can we see Jesus in this proverb?

He was the "trustworthy person" and he got alll kinds of rich rewards. He had followers who became friends, he had supporters, didnt seem to go hungry (except for that 40 days), saw people's lives changed, turned around. 

And he suffered. 

Rejection, loss, abuse, death at the hands of the empire. 

At his crucifixion there was little difference between Jesus and those who wanted the "quick reward" and died with him on the same day. 

But there's also a Bigger Story going on, a deeper story, a story that we're part of too, that tells us there are rewards for being trustworthy, but that doesn't make us immune from suffering, but even in that carrying of both rewards and suffering our hope is found in continuing to follow Jesus.

Life is found in continuing to follow Jesus, the one who suffered, and was truly and fully the "trustworthy person".

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