Honor Those Who Do Good
Recently a professional athlete demonstrated his honesty and
goodness when he gave away his new car. On Monday, April 6, 2015, Russell
Westbrook took the car he won with his All-Star Game Most Valuable Player award
and donated it to a single mother named Kerstin Gonzales. This was outstanding! In a world where celebrities are noted for
their selfishness and outlandish behavior, one cannot say that all celebrities
are the same. Russell showed that he could be an example of exemplary behavior.
The Bible says that we should admire those who are honest and good
and expect that they will have a good end (Psalm 37:37). This is the type of standard that we should
honor and publicize. Unfortunately, the acts of kindness do not sell papers or
generate a lot of media buzz. Instead, the wicked, ruthless, and rebellious are
everywhere luxuriating in their deceit and glorying in their challenges to
society. The Bible says that while they
may do well for a while, in the end they will be destroyed (Psalm 37:35, 36,
38).
The world delights in the shocking shenanigans of the celebrated. However,
the children of the God should not be upset that the wicked are more popular
than the good. God says they will soon
go away (Psalm 37:1-2).
Let us continue to thank God for the known and unknown deeds of
the good and honest and encourage others to forsake worldly praise and only seek
God’s goodness.
Psalm 37:35-38 (NLT)
35 I have seen wicked and ruthless people flourishing like a tree in its
native soil.
36 But
when I looked again, they were gone! Though I searched for them, I could not
find them!
37 Look
at those who are honest and good, for a wonderful future awaits those who love
peace.
38 But
the rebellious will be destroyed; they have no future.
Psalm 37:1-2 (NIV)
1 Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those
who do wrong;
2 for like the grass they will soon wither,
like green plants they will soon die away.
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