Right and Wrong

AP.jpg Is it all right to be wrong?  It's not if we know what we are doing.  "To him who knows to do right and does it not, to him it is a sin."  It's not all right to be wrong when we deliberately disobey the will of God.  It's not right to violate the inner decency of our being.  We will be held accountable for the way we bribe our conscience and mutilate our self-respect.  It's not all right to be wrong if we know better.

It is all right to be wrong if we struggle in ignorance and make some wrong decisions as long as repentance and honesty prevail.  It's all right not to know all the answers if our goal is to let God guide us to the truth.  It's all right to admit our frailty.  In fact, it may be the beginning of spiritual birth to acknowledge that sin is the culprit leading our lives toward defeat.  It's all right to struggle with the issues of life and give God some growing room in our hearts.

Only those too right to ever be wrong are the ones who will never know the relief of confession and the joy of forgiveness.  Only those for whom repentance is only a word and never a deed will have the emptiness of despair as a constant companion.  It's disastrous to try to play God with such limited resources.  Yes, it's all right to be wrong when we trust God for our righteousness.  It's all right to be human as long as we honor the image of God within.

Is it all right to be wrong?  It all depends on our capacity for grace.  "For by grace are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves."  If we are willing to let God be God, we are equipped to let our weakness rest on His strength.  Our wrongness blends into His goodness for in Him our salvation is secure.  Hallelujah, what a Savior!!

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