From The Gospel Coalition Blog:
We’re continuing our new feature, “You Asked,” where readers send us theological, biblical, and practical ministry questions that we pass along to The Gospel Coalition’s Council members and other friends for an answer we can share in this space. If you’d like to ask a question, send it to ask@thegospelcoalition.org along with your full name, city, and state.
We posed today’s question to Justin Taylor, vice president of editorial at Crossway Books and blogger at Between Two Worlds. He’s contributed to and edited several books, such as The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World and The Power of Words and the Wonder of God. He was also the managing editor for the ESV Study Bible.
Andrew G., from Suffolk, UK, writes:
What are these rewards in heaven which Jesus talks about? Should thought of receiving them motivate us?
Taylor answers:
In its most general sense, “reward” (Greek, misthos) is the appropriate consequence or consummation of a course of action. . .
Read the rest here.
A Life God Rewards by Brice Wilkinson does a wonderful job treating this issue in more detail. It was helpful to me and several others I know