Does it really pay to do what’s right? Up to now our current practice has been to do whatever worked 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 long-term view in this new life we are building, we will find that doing what is right has far more lasting benefits than we could ever have imagined.
Doing right makes life better for those who are good, but the wicked are destroyed by their own wicked ways. Doing right sets honest people free, but people who can’t be trusted are trapped by their greed. People who do what is right are on their way to life, but those who always want to do wrong are on their way to death. (Proverbs 11:5-6, 19 ERV)
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, Help me to be conscious of Your principles for life in all my affairs. Help me to purposefully choose to do the next right thing, trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will. Amen
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