DO THE RIGHT THINGS RIGHT
Gal. 6:4-5 Be sure to do what you should for then you will enjoy
the personal satisfaction of having done
your work well, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else. For we
are each responsible for our own conduct.
NLT
There is personal
satisfaction in knowing that we have done things right. When we live in Christ sincerely seeking to
honor and glorify Him, we can know that God is pleased. Knowing we please God should free us up from
the need to compare ourselves with others.
It doesn’t matter how we stack up to others as long as we are living to
please God. When we stand before God we
will not be judged in comparison to others, we will be judged in comparison to
how we have lived by the Word of God.
Each one of us is
responsible for our own conduct. No one
can live our life for us. We have to
answer to God for how we have lived in response to what we know about Him and
His Word. The more we know about God,
the greater our responsibility will be for what we do in life. Once we know the truth, we will be held
accountable for making that truth a part of our living.
We dare not let this
awareness pass in one ear and out the other.
It has to stop in our minds and get hold of us. There will be no excuse for our failure to
live out what we know. Ignoring God’s
revealed truth is deep trouble for our souls.
God does not take His Word lightly and neither can we.
Examine your life
today. Are you living in such a way that
you can boldly stand before God knowing that he is well-pleased with you?
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