“You shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you…” (v.18a)
Doing what is right and good seems difficult for many people today. Why, because they can’t see what’s right from what is easier, or they can’t see what is good from what is beneficial, or doing right may cost them something they are not willing to concede. Consider the following.
Many years ago, a young hotel clerk in Philadelphia explained to an older couple that no rooms were available for the night. But instead of turning the pair out into the pouring rain, the clerk insisted that they take his own room. The next morning the man thanked the clerk and told him he deserved to be the manager of the finest hotel in America. 'Maybe some day I'll build one for you.' The clerk simply smiled. Two years later, however, he found himself in New York as the first manager of the new Waldorf-Astoria Hotel! The couple he had befriended was Mr. and Mrs. William Waldorf Astor. Talk about doing right!
God's law was given to guide the moral behavior of His people, not simply to enlighten their minds but to set a standard of what is right and acceptable in the sight of the Lord. Therefore, we need to know and affirm what the Bible teaches, especially in these days when truth is defined as whatever feels right to any given person in any given situation.
The Truth: "But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good." (2 Thessalonians 3:13)
