Book review: Honor’s reward (written by John Bevere)

Title: Honor’s reward

Author: John Bevere

Publisher: Faith Words

 

 

Honor is a virtue that has been often overlooked in our modern society. Yet honor is of great importance. In this book, John Bevere explained the meaning of honor in light of the holy bible. He cited examples from the holy bible and his personal experiences on how someone honored someone and was rewarded; also what happened to someone who dishonored another. John Bevere stressed the importance of the spiritual law of honor and how it is in line with the teachings of God.

 

In this book he covered a broad base of people we ought to honor:

1. our leaders
   • church leaders
   • government
   • bosses
   • teachers
2. our family
   • parents
   • spouse
   • children
   • elders
3. our peers
   • colleagues
   • friends
4. people under our care
   • students
   • subordinates
5. those outside the heavenly kingdom

 

Of course the most important of all, honor God.

 

John Bevere acknowledged it is with God’s help that we can truly honor and we need to pray to God to put true honor in our hearts for all people, not just people of the above mentioned groups. For each group, as mentioned above, besides examples from the holy bible and personal stories, John Bevere also suggested ways we can honor the people in the group, for example, not to show insubordination or badmouth the boss even if the boss is unreasonable, or treats us shabbily. Another example is honor is displayed by obedience.

 

Despite telling us there will be rewards for honor, John Bevere also reminded us that “we don’t honor just to get a reward; we honor because it is the heart of God, and it is our delight”.

 

I find this book insightful but some suggestions might not be easy to follow, for example, it is not easy to honor those who treat us badly. Such is possible only with the help of God. But I believe this world will be a lot better if we start honoring one another.

 

“True honor is an outflow from a heart that fears God.” John Bevere

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PS: I received this book as a gift from a friend. I have not received any form of compensation for writing this post. I have no material connection to the publisher or author mentioned in the post.

 

 

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