Saturday, December 13, 2003

Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
(1 John 3.7 NRSV)
C. S. Lewis writes: "Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make everyday are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of. An apparently trivial indulgence in lust or in anger today is the loss of a ridge or railway line or bridgehead from which the enemy may launch an attack otherwise impossible."

You may remember the woman who lived next door to a private zoo. She informed the police that she had a skunk in her cellar. "Open the cellar door," the officer advised, "make a trail of bread crumbs from the cellar to the garden, and wait for the skunk to follow it outside." Half an hour later the woman called a second time. "I did what you said--now I have two skunks in my cellar."

It is not enough to try to reform one or two bad habits. What we need is a change of heart. What we need is a new orientation. What we need is a total commitment to righteous living. How do we prepare for the Lord's coming? By repenting of our wrongdoing and seeking after righteousness.

Dear God, help me to be righteous in every aspect of my life. Amen.

Ron Newhouse

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