“After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, ‘Fear not, Abram. I am thy shield and thy exceeding great reward.’” I have a question for you today:  What is the Christian’s ultimate reward? Is it Heaven?  A mansion?  A crown?  The great marriage banquet? Recently in a Hebrew class I was taking (and struggling in), we were given an assignment to examine one little verse in the book of Genesis:  Genesis 15:6.which reads, "And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness" (NKJV). In reading the passage in context and examining it in the original Hebrew language, the story of Abram/Abraham came alive to me in a new way.   It is a picture of God’s redeeming love for all humanity.    Though Abram failed to understand fully (in Genesis 15:1) God’s promise, that He was Abram’s shield and exceeding great reward, God lovingly wooed him outside into the expansive night sky. It is here God revealed Himself to Abram with stars innu