Thought for Today

The Secret of Righteousness

“I was also upright before him,
and I kept myself from mine iniquity.”
Psalm 18:23

Faith is the divine enablement to walk with God. Righteousness is much more than a gift; it is the result of His Life ruling and reigning within the human heart. The more our life is compatible with His the greater the corresponding relationship with Him. The righteousness of which David here speaks is one of reliance upon God not his own personal strength. True righteousness is not a product of the strength and will of man. It is born of God and sustained by God to the point that we incline our hearts to His will and way. In this wonder of abiding in Him we find the power and the will to keep ourselves free from pride, sin and the world.

“Submit yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you”
James 4:7

The secret of righteousness is to live in submission to God.

Brian Troxel