Foundations!

The righteous man who walks in integrity and lives life in accord with his [godly] beliefs-- How blessed [happy and spiritually secure] are his children after him [who have his example to follow]. PROVERBS 20:7 AMP

At all times, and in all ways, let it be known and understood by all that by our actions today, we sow seeds that will bear fruits and others coming after us will reap, either to their benefit or to their detriment. It does not matter how small you think the action is, or how personal you think it is to you; as long as you breathe as a human being, all actions have consequences. As it has always been pointed out, a man isn't righteous because he knows what to do, but because he has put his faith, trust and hope in the only One who is able to help him/her live right. A person isn't righteous by his own standards, but by God's own standards. S/he is daily depending on God to speak right, do right, think right and relate right. Would s/he make mistakes? Probably!. But then, the strength to live right is supplied by God, and He alone knows how to help all who depend on him. The Righteous person walks in integrity because s/he listens to instructions, and lives as God directs.

In today's contemporary world, we don't hear about such men too often. It is no longer popular to be called 'honest'. We have formed words like 'practical' and 'realistic' to justify our compromise. We claim that it is not easy to be upright in this present world, forgetting that, as was pointed out above, the power to live right was never of us in the first place. God does not demand of us something he has not supplied grace for, and if he says something is possible, only in and through Him can we find grace to comply with the instruction.

It becomes even important to live right, when you consider the fruit that others coming after you will eat. In all honesty, if you were to be shown the eternal consequences of your actions today, and your biological children were to be fed with those consequences, would you continue your present course of action? If your children were to stand as accusers today, weighing and judging your actions and motives, can you honestly defend what you presently do and how you do them? Interestingly, it is generational. If I as a parent fail to live right, my children are watching. I am laying a foundation, and they will be forced to live by the consequences of my actions, UNLESS they choose a different course of action. That is God! Merciful, Gracious and Kind, yet a Righteous Judge, giving to all men as their actions truly deserve.

Follow the right example; there are generational blessings tied to living right. Don't rely on the excuse that nobody showed you the right examples. God's grace is bestowed freely on all men, and his breath in us shows us how to live right. I have a choice; there are eternal consequences tied to my choice. His time of favour is here.