Be Careful What You Wish For.....(Part 2)

In our previous post we discussed how God’s plan is so much better than anything we could come up with on our own. So what does the righteous life look like? What’s in it for you?


1. God will not deny you good things. “For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.” Psalm 84:11 ESV


2. Those who seek the Lord lack for nothing. “The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.” Psalms 34:10 ESV


3. Whatever the righteous desire will be granted. “What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.” Proverbs 10:24 ESV


4. Unlimited grace and favor. “For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover him with favor as with a shield.” Psalms 5:12 ESV


5. The righteous will thrive. “Those of crooked heart are an abomination to the Lord, but those of blameless ways are his delight.” Proverbs 11:20 ESV


6. The righteous will rejoice in the fruit of their deeds. “Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.” Isaiah 3:10 ESV


7. The righteous are not left alone in times of trouble. “When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.” Psalms 34:17 ESV


8. The righteous will not be forsaken by God and can expect help from Him. “I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.” “The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; he is their stronghold in the time of trouble." Psalms 37:25 & 39 ESV


9. Our inheritance is from God. “The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever.” Psalms 37:29 ESV


10. The righteous have eternal life. “And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” Matthew 25:46 ESV


This is more than winning the lottery, more than being on the cover of Forbes and more than being famous. God offers you eternal life, will you settle for death?



To being wise,



Meredith, Jennifer and Marisa

Be Careful What You Wish For.....(Part 1)

Because you just might get it. Is what you want in life clashing with what God’s wants for you? What is preventing you from totally receiving the lifestyle He wants for you? What we fear is that God’s plan is not as good as our own. We perceive God as the policeman keeping record of our faults and keeping us from having fun, instead of perceiving Him as our Father who has only our best interest in mind.


Trust us, we feel your pain. Our entire lives we have witnessed people living the “holy life”, and it seems like an existence void of fun, joy and happiness. We have grown up believing that everything that is good for you is boring and everything that is fun is bad for you. This is a faulty perception that we have only now just realized. God doesn’t want to keep us from fun; He wants to keep us from pain. Take sex for example. Does God (the creator of sex) want to keep you from having sex and pleasure? No. He wants to give you guidelines that shield you from danger, suffering and shame. Being promiscuous can lead to abuse, an unwanted pregnancy, STDs or a broken heart. That is why God’s intention for sex is within the safety of marriage. Another example is keeping the Sabbath. Does God want to keep you from having fun? No. God provided a day for our minds and bodies to rest from the stress and strain of work and school. But it is deeper than that, knowing that we would be consumed by the cares of this world, He created a day when we could be reminded of who made us and where we came from. God gifted us with a day to re-connect with Him and be rejuvenated.



“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.” Psalms 1:1 – 3 NKJV



To being wise,



Meredith, Jennifer and Marisa