God Himself shall be our Reward - Augustine

God Himself, who is the Author of virtue, shall there be its reward; for, as there is nothing greater or better, He has promised Himself. What else was meant by His word through the prophet, “I will be your God, and ye shall be my people,” than, I shall be their satisfaction, I shall be all that men honorably desire,—life, and health, and nourishment, and plenty, and glory, and honor, and peace, and all good things? This, too, is the right interpretation of the saying of the apostle, “That God may be all in all.” He shall be the end of our desires who shall be seen without end, loved without cloy (satiety), praised without weariness. This outgoing of affection, this employment, shall certainly be, like eternal life itself, common to all

- Augustine, City of God, 22.30.

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Grace and Peace

Ollie

Aug 2010