Doing What is Right
Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 12:00AM Biblical Wisdom For Godly Living (Part 6)
What does God mean when He says, “Do what is right.”? This is the minimum daily requirement of the discipled, Godly Walk. God requires that His disciples deal with other people in a fashion that does not make them into liars and thieves. If you make an agreement with someone, then honor your agreement with them. Go requires that our words and our actions match one another. At the end of the day, we can believe that we have done what is right if we have done the most loving thing in our interactions with people as we move about day by day.
God commanded Israel to use just scales and standards of trade.
“Do no use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight, or volume. Your scales and weights must be accurate. Your containers for measuring dry goods or liquids must be accurate. I the Lord, am your God, who brought you out of the Land of Egypt.” (Leviticus 19:35-36 NLT)
God goes on to say in the Proverbs,
“The Lord demands fairness in every business deal; He sets the standard.” 16:11
In the 20th chapter God says,
“Divers weights and divers measures, both of them are alike abominations to the Lord.” 20:10 KJV
The New Living Translation of the same verse says,
“The Lord despises double standards of every kind”
Doing the right thing as a disciple of the Living Lord Jesus Christ is a challenge to live with exact standards that are applied to everyone in daily matters of living. Then is there a difference between “Favor” and “Unjust standards”? God tells us that “Favor” is a consequence of Loyalty and Kindness. Proverbs 3:3
The unjust standards condemned in the Scripture are standards that are clearly used to benefit the person using the standards and to defraud the person at the other end of the transaction. An unjust standard is rooted in a Lie, which is the seed and substance of all Sin.
It is clear that doing what is right or using just standards is a clear mandate from God to His believing Children. When we are just in our interactions with others, then God shows us “Favor”.
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