Does it really pay to do what’s right? Up to now our practice has been to do whatever worked in the moment to get what we wanted. It is a hard habit to break and we may ask ourselves if it is really worth it. Doing the right thing may make life more challenging and inconvenient in the moment but, as we take the longer view in this new life we are building, we will find that doing what is right has far more long-term benefits than we ever could have imagined.
As we inventory our past, in a fearless and honest way, we will have to admit that difficulty and destruction were the result of our choices to do wrong. We have to agree with these words from the Bible that we were trapped: trapped by our addiction; trapped by our fear of what others would do to us if they found out how we had wronged them; and trapped in the darkness of frustration and hopelessness that resulted from one bad situation building precariously on top of another.
God wants us to live in freedom from sin. When we try to do what is right, God tells us He is pleased with us, and people around us will also be pleased with us. God pours out blessings upon us when we try to do things His way and He willingly comes alongside to help us when we ask Him to.
The Lord hates those who love to do evil, but he is pleased with those who try to do right. People are pleased with those who try to do good. Those who look for trouble will find it. (Proverbs 11:20, 27 ERV
Prayer: Loving God, I pray to be conscious of Your principles for life in all my affairs. Help me to choose to do the right thing, trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will. Amen
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