THE BENEFITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
SCRIPTURE: For thou Lord will bless the righteous; with favour will thou compass him about as with a shield – Psalms 5:12
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: When you don’t know the benefits of righteousness, it is easy to toil with compromise.
Righteousness is living right or abstaining from every form of defilement. There are benefits in righteousness. There is a reward for the righteous, both in this world and in the world to come. When you don’t know the benefits of righteousness, it is easy to toil with compromise. This is because what is not appreciated is never apprehended.
Righteousness is beyond escaping hell and making heaven. Making heaven is the ultimate reward at the end of being righteous. Meanwhile, before you reach heaven, there are benefits righteousness offers you on earth.
Now, what are the benefits of righteousness?
1. Divine Favour: Psalms 5:12 says, “For thou Lord will bless the righteous; with favour will thou compass him about as with a shield.” So, Divine favour is the exclusive preserve of the righteous. To be righteous is to be favoured.
2. Boldness of Heart and Authority. Proverbs 28:1 says, “The wicked flee when no man pursues but the righteous are as bold as a lion.” Boldness! Boldness of heart and authority is the natural realm of the righteous. Righteousness imparts audacity, authority and boldness.
3. Divine supply: Psalms 47:25 confirms it: “I have been young and now am old yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging for bread.” You are not meant to live like a miserable, pitiable, beggarly, and hungry person begging to survive if you are righteous. Divine supply is the portion of the righteous.
Remember this: When you don’t know the benefits of righteousness, it is easy to toil with compromise.
ASSIGNMENT(S):
1. Avoid every relationship that makes you compromise the righteous standard of God.
2. Trust God to overcome temptations in your daily life.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: THE POWER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
PRAYER: LORD, help me to appreciate the power of righteousness and shun every act of compromise, O LORD, in Jesus’ Name.
QUOTE: Until a person is changed on the inside, nothing changes on the outside – Culled from, 365 WISDOM CAPSULES by Dr Paul Enenche
DAILY READING: Lamentations 4:1 to 5:22, Hebrews 2:1 to 18, Psalm 103:1 to 22, Proverbs 26:23
DON’T FORGET TO ATTEND: The testimony and Thanksgiving Sunday Service in 6 over-flooded services by 6:00am, 7:20am, 8:40am, 10:00am, 11:20am and 12:40pm tomorrow. Endeavour to come to Church with your friends and loved ones. God bless you.