Why is it so hard to always do what is right? I am not talking about lying or stealing but doing what is right when results are involved. We are a very results oriented world. We do things to get results and if we don't get the results we want we get frustrated or quit. I think that sometimes God wants us to do what is right even if we don't get the results we want. For me that is weight loss. As I have lived in a diet oriented world, as long as I am losing weight, I keep eating the right things. The minute I don't lose the weight I want to lose, I get frustrated and if it doesn't turn around quickly... I quit. Guess what? I gain all of the weight back, I have not maintained a healthy temple for my Savior and Satan has won.
I am trying really hard to do all of the right things... eat right and exercise. I have even given up cheese and I have lost all of 1 pound in two weeks. I told my small group about my struggle and that I really think that this is a Dana-God-Satan battle and that I have to stick it out this time. I am tired of Satan winning this one. I wonder if God wants to see me do what is right because it is what is best for my body and my family, not because the scales are rewarding me. That is what I am going to do... The Right Thing!
Doing the right thing with or without the results can come in many areas other than eating. It can come in your quiet time and Bible study, it can be keeping your house cleaner, it can be exercise, it can be something at your job. God wants us to do what we know is right and look to Him for approval, not anyone or anything else.
My challenge to you this week, examine your life and look for something that you do only because of the result you might get and do it because it is what you know God wants you do!
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