December 2nd
"UUGGHH!!!"
Maybe last month it was a relational disaster or an occupational trial. This week it might be a financial setback. Next week could bring a health crisis. After a while the unrelenting stream of tough times takes its toll.
"What's the use?" we cry. "I try to do right and for what? Life keeps beating me up! I can't get ahead! I'm not sure it pays to try to live a godly life. I struggle as much or more than my neighbors who couldn't care less about God!"
Troubles certainly have a way of wearing us down. And if we're not careful, they can erode even our bedrock convictions. The promise in Psalm 37 is a good reminder of why we must be vigilant about not taking moral or ethical shortcuts.
Those who maintain their integrity, those who continue to do right even when everything and everyone else is wrong will one day receive the ultimate reward.
Day by day the Lord takes care of the innocent, and they will receive a reward that lasts forever.
Psalm 37:18
Heaven
