For the LORD God is our sun and our
shield. He gives us grace and glory. The LORD will withhold no good
thing from those who do what is right. (Psalm 84:11 NLT)
Our Father longs to bless us. He
chooses to give us what is good. He will not withhold any good thing
as we walk uprightly. We are able to do what is right because Christ
has made us righteous through his death and resurrection.
Righteousness is a free gift to all who will receive it. 2
Corinthians 5:21 says, “God made him who had no sin to be sin for
us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Positionally, we are in Christ, and we are righteous. As we grow in
our relationship with God, we take on more of his character. We
begin to do what is right. This does not mean we are perfect in the
way we live. However, we have been perfected in our spirits –
we have been made blameless in the innermost part of us.
As we yield to the Holy Spirit and to
the word of God, we will grow in practical obedience to God. We are
in process. We haven't arrived but if we are truly born again, we
have started on the journey towards holiness. Christ has forgiven
our sins completely. When we fall, we can look to him. When we
confess our sins to him, he is faithful to forgive us and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9).
While we walk with the Lord in this
way, he blesses us with good things – those things that he has
promised us in his word. Things like health, healing, deliverance,
protection, provision, as well the desires of our hearts that line up
with his will for our lives. God is forever good and he blesses his
children with good things. We have all of these things because of
his grace, and when he blesses us, our natural response is to give
him glory. Let's remember that God has made us righteous. Let's
make it our ambition to live out that righteousness in practical ways
through obeying God's word. And finally, let's embrace the blessings
that God desires to freely give us.
Dear Heavenly Father,
We praise you for your awesome love for
us. Help us to understand that we are righteous in your eyes because
of the finished work that Jesus performed on the cross. Thank you
for helping us to live out this righteousness practically. Give us
the wisdom and ability to do what is right. Thank you for reminding
us that we are engaged in the process of becoming like Jesus. Thank
you Lord also for blessing us with every spiritual blessing in Christ
and for giving us the desires of our heart as we delight ourselves in
you. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen.