Daily Bread - Dec 13 2006

Ephesians 5:8-9 "Indeed you were once darkness but now light in the Lord, walk as children of Light. For the fruit of the Spirit, in all goodness and righteousness and truth."

Our primary focus must be on righteousness, which has been both imputed and imparted to us by the Grace of our Righteous God. God's righteousness is supplied to us by the Holy Spirit and operates in our lives through His vital working power (Romans 8:4; 2 Corinthians 5:21). Righteousness is the chief characteristic of the Kingdom of God and that, which is to receive the foremost attention in our lives (Matthew 6:33; Romans 14:17). Righteousness is to be the focus of our faith and the desire of our heart every day (Romans 10:6,10; Galatians 3:11; Philippians 3:9). God demands that we awake to the righteousness that we have been given and sin no more (1 Corinthians 15:34). We should recognize that we live under the administration of righteousness and that we are to walk with the protective armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left (2 Corinthians 3:9; 6:7; 1 Timothy 6:11). Walking in righteousness is the proof that we have been born of God and it is the light that the world needs to see (1 John 2:29; 3:7; Matthew 5:14-16).

Blessings,

Pastor Mark Spitsbergen