Wages
"Equal pay for equal work." Everyone wants to get fair compensation - and a big bonus at Christmastime. Employment with even the best company can still leave us wanting more, but God's benefit plan is better than fair. Not only did Jesus pay our debt (death is the compensation we really deserve), but he also blesses us for our obedience to him. Unlike our current paychecks, which we can't take with us after we die, God's rewards will last forever.

Yes, it's sometimes difficult to live for God, but consider the other option: The wages for a life ill invested and lived apart from God is an eternity spent apart from him.

The wages of sin (see Sin) is death (see Death). Sinful thoughts, choices and actions always result in the death os something, particularly relationships.
Matthew 16:26
Romans 3:8; 6:3
2 Peter 2:15
People don't get into heaven because they earn it like a person earns a paycheck. Faith (see Faith) in God's Son, Jesus Christ, is credited to us as a lifetime of righteousness.
Genesis 15:6
Romans 4:4, 18-24
If we are persecuted for our faithfulness to God, we will be rewarded in heaven.
Matthew 5:12
Luke 6:23
1 Corinthians 3:14
In terms of jobs, employers are told to pay their workers a just wage without cheating them.
Leviticus 19:13
James 5:4
Those in Christian ministry should be cared for financially as their wage for serving God and others.
Luke 10:7
1 Timothy 5:18