Do Right, Right Now

   "Agree with thine adversary quickly." Matthew 5:25

   "Jesus Christ is laying down this principle - Do what you know you must do, now, and do it quickly; if you do not, the inevitable process will begin to work and you will have to pay to the last farthing in pain and agony and distress. God's laws are unalterable; there is no escape from them. The teaching of Jesus goes straight to the way we are made up." (Oswald Chambers)

   As I look at what Chambers is saying this morning, my thoughts tend to dwell on the consequences of inaction. Bad things will happen, things that could have been avoided with doing the right thing at the time.

   The Bible contains many commands of God that begin with "If you do" or "If you do not", and then comes the consequence of that failure to heed the words. But maybe I need to look past the bad things that will happen if I flaunt what God says, and concentrate on just doing what I know is right, not doing a cost/benefit analysis of obedience in a matter, but doing what is right, and doing it right now.

   What if my life was so filled with the love of God, that there would be no hesitancy of right action, no thoughts of "my rights", but a focus on others?

   The easiest part of this is the realization of the principle, the harder part is living it out during the day. Do I write it down and forget it, or am I able to say at the end of the day that I actually did it, or that I even remembered to think about it?

This is the day that the Lord has made, and I will not only rejoice and be glad in it, but I will seek to know the right things to do and do them, without hesitation and because they are right.

   And I ask for the guidance, direction and help of God's Holy Spirit to this end. Amen.