Failing to do Right Today's Devotional Reading: Hebrews 5-8 December 12, 2011
By reading the scripture above each day you will read the Old Testament through in one year and the New Testament through twice in a year. This will change your life. Start Today!
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TODAY'S SCRIPTURE
"Solid food is for those who are mature, who have trained themselves to recognize the difference between right and wrong and then do what is right." (Hebrews 5:14 NLT) TODAY'S WORD
, in his book Eight Men Out, Eliot Asinof records the events surrounding the notorious "Black Sox" scandal of 1919. Eight members of the Chicago White Sox baseball club were accused of taking bribes from gamblers in exchange for intentionally losing the World Series. Although they were never convicted in a court of law, all eight were banned from baseball for life.
But one of those players, Buck Weaver, claimed that he had played to win despite knowing about the conspiracy. Though Weaver's performance on the field supported his contention, baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis ruled that any player who had knowledge of the scandal, yet chose not to stop it, would still be banned. Weaver was not punished for doing wrong, but for failing to do right.
In a world filled with evil and darkness, followers of Christ have the opportunity to shine their light. That often means we must resist the urge to do nothing or to do what is wrong. Doing what is right is not easy...for example avoiding lust, reading the word each day, getting regular exercise, leaving a bad freindship. I don't always want to do the right thing, but Paul reminds me that I'm mature and as such called to do what is right!
When faced with the choice between doing good and failing to do anything at all, we must always choose to do what's right. A PRAYER FOR YOU TODAY
Heavenly Father, help me to honor You throughout my life by being a light in this dark world. May it never be said of me that I failed to do what I knew to be good, just, and right. Amen.
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Eric & Rita
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