Tag: to do what’s right

II Corinthians 6:14 ” Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? “

If you’ve ever seen oxen yoked together…you’ll see one thing quickly…they must move together as one.  The yoke forces them to move in the same direction, even if they don’t want to.  This hitch they are joined together by suddenly becomes a burden as they both pull in opposite directions.  When we are unequally yoked with unbelievers, it soon becomes a wrestling match of the wills…a match between light and darkness…truth and deceit…with no one winning.

Proverbs 4:18 “The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.”

Our journey with the Lord is just that – a journey.  It’s not a stagnant, or stationary time in our lives when we just stand still… waiting.  We need to be growing daily, pushing ourselves ever closer in becoming more like Jesus.  And as we mature, we become established, full of Godly wisdom, and able to further the Kingdom of Heaven. For just like that first gleam of dawn, the light of God will shine brighter and brighter within us.

Ezekiel 33:12 ” Therefore, son of man, say to your countrymen, ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not save him when he disobeys, and the wickedness of the wicked man will not cause him to fall when he turns from it.’ “

God is a God of new beginnings.  For there is no one on the face of the earth that is beyond God’s reach.  If we but turn away from willfully deviating from the right path…our moral wrongdoing will not be judged.

But in contrast – every wonderful work you’ve done in the past does not entitle you to salvation if you choose to sin…for God is a just and fair God who judges by His own standard of righteousness.

Proverbs 14:9 ” Fools mock at making amends for sin, but goodwill is found among the upright.”

When those of the world get caught doing wrong, they’re sorry…sorry that they got caught.  And the rest of the world will scorn them for doing so.  What’s happened to doing the right thing…to owning up to our mistakes, and with authenticity, making restitution for it?