DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS

#WordForTodayDevotional

Sunday August 20, 2023

DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
I John 3:7 (KJV)

Do you notice that our opening text says “let no man deceive you?” That is because there was and still is a teaching that once saved is always saved no matter the kind of life you lead. The teaching says that you have the nature of righteousness therefore, you can never be wrong or unrighteous. Our opening text is saying that such teaching is deceptive. If the nature of righteousness you claim to have does not manifest in practical righteousness, then it is fake. The nature of righteousness makes people to do righteousness. It does not engender to sin and iniquity. You cannot be swimming in iniquity while still claiming that you have the nature of righteousness because by their fruits we shall know them (see Matthew 7:16, 20). If it is grape fruit that you are producing, you cannot claim that you have the nature of orange. Never! What shows us who you are is the fruit that you are bearing. At least that is what the Lord Yahushua taught us. So, there is a doing of righteousness. You are standing right with Yahweh by redemption and that not of anything that you could ever do. It is a gift of Yahweh because of what the Lord Yahushua did for us at Calvary.

Then, after you have received this gift of righteousness, it empowers you to stand on the Word of Yahweh rightly. You are empowered by the nature of righteousness to rightly divide the Word of truth and do it (see II Timothy 2:15). Your overwhelming desire now is to please Yahweh with every step of your life. You are obsessed with being on key with the Word of Yahweh. The pleasure of the Lord becomes your sole objective for living. This is doing righteousness. It is conforming your lifestyle to the Word indeed. It is being rigid on following the detects of the Word. Practical righteousness is implementing the Word in your day to day operations. It is doing the will of Yahweh which is His Word.

Is there anything in it for you if you start doing righteousness as a lifestyle? Absolutely yes! Firstly, until your obedience is complete, you cannot avenge any disobedience of the enemy. II Corinthians 10:6 told us so, “And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.” Doing righteousness is the only way to have our obedience to the Word complete. Beloved, the devil is not your problem, sin and unrighteousness is. When the issue of sin is sorted in your walk with Yahweh, then you can see practically how weak and inconsequential the devil is. Secondly, doing righteousness engenders boldness. Proverbs 28:1 says, “The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.” Your confidence intimidates the devil and paralyses him.

REMEMBER: Doing righteousness is the authentic proof of the nature of righteousness within.

CONFESSION: My glory is in what HaMashiach did for me at Calvary and the result is the unfolding of practical righteousness in my everyday life. Halleluyah!

PROPHETIC RELEASE: I see you walk in wholeness as you begin to engage practical righteousness in your everyday life in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

FURTHER READING:
I John 3:10; I John 2:29

ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
Isaiah 55:1-60:9

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