Why am I surprised when I meet opposition on the road to righteousness? Choosing right over wrong is never easy still for some reason I think doing right should come easy or natural. As I read God’s Word and study more I find doing right isn’t easier but I am more aware of what righteousness looks like. God’s ways are higher than mine and He allows me to face resistance so that my faith might be tested. He is not interested in making my life easy and carefree, although there is much freedom in His love for me. I find each new freedom brings a new responsibility, things I took for granted before, for a moment become a choice. With each new choice God says I change the shape of things to come. So when I meet this opposition is it really God giving me random obstacles to overcome or is it because of choices I made before?
God, help me to make good decisions so that you may be glorified in all that I do, not only today but all the days of my life. Help me to keep things simple, to choose right over wrong, to head towards light instead of dark, to stand instead of run. Though I know not your purpose I do trust you and realize you are my only hope. Jesus, be the center of my life, be my hope, be my song, Jesus.
