This morning before he went away for a few days, Jon wrote me a little card. In it he quoted Psalm 55:22

“Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall.”

I feel very upheld.
I don’t feel very righteous. But then I am not. In and of myself I mean.

I have never been particularly righteous. At my Mum’s Thanksgiving service I met up with an old flame who reminded me of how rebellious I had been as a teenager…Goodness me! His face brought back a few memories!! At school I was deeply unkind to a girl who had an unfortunate propensity to be rather more generous with her dandruff than one would wish… I am not always nice to my kids… I can be rude and impatient if I am offended. I am not a perfect person. Far, far from it! And yet, God sees me as a righteous woman.

This fact (for it is indeed a FACT) continues to amaze me. The older I get, the less pleased and the less self-satisfied I become. I see my faults and my many sins so clearly. I am not holy enough. I don’t pray enough. I don’t read my Bible enough.

Perhaps you too feel the same?

But yet, God sees me as righteous. And the miracle is that if you belong to Him, He sees you in the same light. I am not righteous because I am perfect and do not sin. I am righteous because HE IS PERFECT AND INCAPABLE OF SIN.

In order to communicate with me on an intimate level God has to adjust His spiritual set… He changes the frequencies on the dial until He gets a clear view of Christ, His son, in me. “That’s better!” He says, “Now, let’s talk!”

I am not righteous because I am right all the time but because of Him at work in me.

Righteous people honour God.
They order their lives according to His will.
They faithfully fulfil their obligations in their human relationships.
They remember that power and authority are given for blessing not exploitation.

Righteous people know how much they owe to their heavenly Father.
Righteousness isn’t how we feel, its who we are. FACT.