A Thought sent to Me

Righteousness in the Bible is a path. A path is something that we walk
on, something we move along. It suggests motion, change, development.
Some people would like righteousness to be some kind of static
condition. Well I'm saved, here I am, I'm righteous. All I
need to do now is sit in church and sing hymns until the Lord calls me
home. That's a mistake. Any static condition in which you do not
change, progress and develop is not the righteousness of the Bible.

The righteousness of the Bible is a path. And we enter into that path
through an encounter with the Son of Righteousness, the Lord Jesus
Christ. And when He shines into our lives, that's like the first
gleam of dawn. It's the beginning of light. And then, as we move
on in that path, the words are beautiful: "The light shines ever
brighter till the full light of day."

If you are walking in the path of righteousness, today's light
is brighter than yesterday's and tomorrow will be brighter than
today's. So do not settle down and say, "I've
arrived," because that's a mistake, that's a
deception. The path of righteousness leads us always on until we come
into the full light of the noonday sun and to the full and final
revelation of God in eternity.

So if you are on that path, keep moving on, and if you haven't
yet found the path, you need to meet the Son of Righteousness, the Lord Jesus Christ