Scripture speaks of a reward that belongs to every believer. It’s critical to define the reward with perfect clarity. Under the Old Covenant, righteousness was something one had to achieve through perfect adherence to the Law, an impossibly high standard. However, Jesus came not to abolish this standard but to fulfill it, offering believers His righteousness as a gift rather than something to be earned through works. Therefore, the true reward is not material or external but the righteousness received through faith in Christ, changing our motivation from earning God’s approval to living out the righteousness we’ve already been given.