This week's parsha tells us "V'haya eikev tishmiun es hamishpatim...v'shamar Hashem Elokecha licha..." if you keep the mitzvos Hashem will watch over you and bestow you with kindness.
The Gemara in Kiddushin (39b) and in Eiruvin (22a) tells us that the reward for mitzvos is in the World to Come and we don't see reward in this world. Is this a contradiction to this pasuk?
The Zera Shimshon explains that if one just keeps the mitzvos out of a sense of obligation his reward is in the World to Come; however, if he goes above and beyond and does mitzvos because he loves Hashem and strives to be Godly person, he will see rewards of this in this world.
Source: Zera Shimshon Parshas Eikev
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