“Doing What’s Right”

 

	“The Lord rewards everyone for their righteousness and faithfulness.”
	—1 Samuel 26:23a

“Doing what’s right at all times.” That’s a challenge we face as we begin another day. We live at a time where all around us people lie and cheat and steal and do all manner of evil without a shred of regret. Whether it’s our political leaders, our boss at work, our co-workers, maybe even our spouse or children, we appear to be surrounded by people intent on doing what’s wrong, rather than doing what’s right.

Maybe we even struggle in our own lives to determine to do what’s right. It is so very easy to fall into a pattern where we do what’s expedient—to take the easy way out. We allow the patterns of our culture to become the patters for our own lives.

It’s high time we put a stop to whatever part we may contribute to this culture of doing what’s wrong, rather than doing what’s right. We need to surrender our natural human bent toward sin and allow the grace of God to wash us thoroughly clean.

We to whom God has shown His loving kindness and tender mercies need to remember that the pathway of obedience holds a great reward. We need to remember that the pattern of lives lived in obedience to God’s will and to His Word brings joy and true fulfillment to our lives.

Let us cling to these words from 1 Samuel 26:23a:

The Lord rewards everyone for their righteousness and faithfulness.

When faced with decisions, we can begin this new day with the determination to make the right choice. We can decide, right now, that we will do what’s right. No matter what others around us may do, we can choose to be the ones to do what’s right.

 

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