It’s so easy for us to get caught up with our society and the way of the world that we lose sight of what is right and the basics and origin of things. In some crazy way, wrong has become more popular and “cool” than doing the right thing. It seems like people get made fun of and teased for trying to do the right and good thing instead of the bad. Above all we’re taught eye for an eye which may explain why half of our world is blind today.
There are times when I don’t feel like doing the right thing either because I’m too lazy and it requires too much effort of me or because everyone else is doing the other way around and I don’t want to be an outcast. I desperately want to fit in. But God hasn’t called us to fit in, He has called out to stand out, and make a stand and be the light and salt of the world. Deep down inside we all have that inner voice that speaks gently to us and tries to guide is in the way of the truth. The bible refers to this as the Holy Spirit, the voice of God, the still small voice that is our stand by and tries to give us direction only if we will listen.
If we keep ignoring Him, He is so gentle that He won’t violate our free will to have His way and eventually we grow numb to the voice and justify our wrongs by either “just because I’m not doing it this way doesn’t make it wrong,” or some other excuse that sounds good to our ears and doesn’t make us look like such a horrible person. We always have an excuse to cover our wrong actions.
We like to ask ourselves “Why do bad things happen to good people,” but I think we should start asking “why do good things happen to good people”?
Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. (Romans 12:2 NLT)
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