1Cor 3:8 The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work. NLT
There's a misconception about how God reward his people that most believers have. It has made some persons to pursue the wrong things and ignore the things that are germane. In the Corinthian church, some took sides with Paul while others took sides with Apollos for reasons best known to them. Paul told them his assignment was akin to that of a planter while Apollos watered what he planted. Further, he said that God will reward each man based on their work ( assignment, purpose). There's something I want you us to examine there.
God doesn't reward just any work. His reward is for the work he has assigned to us not for what we aren't sent to do. Paul, a planter knew his reward would be based on the effectiveness of his planting work, he didn't cross from his lane into the watering ministry of Apollos. Some persons ignore the "little" assignment God gave them because it is unpopular. They see the beauty in the assignment of others because of how it is presented in the media but failed to check the eternal impact. Some see themselves as disadvantaged because of their location and have been thinking of relocating to a city where people will see their works or to intensify on media hype of their exploits. Another class of people abandoned their real assignment for what they perceive will put money into their pocket, yet they may claim to be working for God. I almost fell for this early in ministry. I almost abandoned field ministry to go start a church when God hasn't instructed because I felt having a standing congregation will better my lot.
Dearest, what God reward is faithfulness, dedication and commitment to the very assignment he has committed into our hands even if it seems little( though there are no little assignments) or unpopular. Your duty is to seek God to know His mind on the exact thing he want you to do. I love Paul the apostle. He knew the assignment that will earn him his reward and he was faithful to it. In 1Cor 1:17, he said, "FOR CHRIST DIDN'T SEND ME TO BAPTIZE, BUT TO PREACH the Good News—and not with clever speech, for fear that the cross of Christ would lose its power". Wow! That's profound. Is it bad to baptize people? Of course, it is not bad yet Paul said God didn't send him to baptize people. He knew his reward is attached to his assignment of preaching and establishing a local body of believers where none existed. Your reward is attached to your purpose in life, please fulfill it.
Father, I receive the grace to find my assignment, fulfill it faithfully till you come for me in Jesus name. Amen