Pursue Righteousness and Love

March 25

There is a sobering word in Proverbs 14:12 which we ignore at our eternal peril. It says, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Myriad avenues may be touted as routes to Heaven, as ways to please the Almighty, but they result in death and loss, for there is but ONE WAY to see the face of God.

From the ‘holy warrior’ who thinks himself to be on God’s mission when he slays those who do not accede to an ungodly body of writ that demands the total submission of its adherents to the proponent of a rigid code of conduct who believes human ‘virtue’ is required to please Heaven—all ways apart from reliance upon Jesus as Savior—will end in the pit!

Man’s schemes to attain the favor of the Almighty are futile. They are merely the vain attempts of frail humanity to appease the wrath of a god he does not know. But when a man recognizes the plan of salvation formulated in the Throne Room of Heaven before time began (Revelation 13:8), he will not fall before the enemy’s deception in any of its forms! Man will receive the Savior whose blood is the cleanser that washes away all sin!

And in so doing, he shall discover as is promised in Proverbs 12:28, “In the way of righteousness there is life; along the path of righteousness is immortality.” When a man has placed his life at the feet of Jesus, “…though his sins be scarlet they shall be washed white as snow,” Isaiah 1:18. The promise of Proverbs 21:21, “He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor,” shall be fulfilled in him.