Doing the right thing. From our earliest days of youth, this is a hard thing to do. Most times, we know that the right thing is. Usually the difference between right and wrong is pretty cut and dry.
Many times, the right thing seems like the more difficult thing. The more vulnerable thing. We think we can hide is, that we won’t get caught. And we don’t grow out of this really. Whether we’re 11 yrs old, or 42, or 75 – we know when we’re doing something wrong, or not doing what we should be doing. We know. And God knows. And we know He knows. We know what His will is in these situations. And yet so often, we choose to go the other way. We choose to do the wrong thing because it seems easier, more fun, or perhaps it’s the path of least resistance.
Or at least it seems that way…
We all have our times, our situations where we are the unfaithful servant. In these times, we think that by being obedient to God and His will, that we are not free. That it is too hard. Too difficult. But we in fact become enslaved. Enslaved to our own actions, our own damaged way of thinking. Enslaved to Satan’s way of thinking.
But doing the right thing. Doing the thing that Jesus would do, day in and day out. Why is this so hard? It’s like anything worthwhile – it takes time and it takes hard work. There is no quick and easy way. No super pill to take. No instant formula.
It’s like running a marathon – it takes months of training and patience and hard work. It’s definitely not fun at times. But after it is all said and done and you cross that finish line – the feeling is unexplainable. And all of a sudden you realize how all the hard work was worth it, and you forget about the pain. You did the right thing in your training and it paid off.
Life is the same way. Relationships are the same way. Our relationship with God is the same way. We have to put in the time and the effort to do the right thing.
The right thing takes time. The right thing takes patience. The right thing takes hard work. The right thing takes courage.
But Jesus did this for us… How can we not do it for Him?
