What Good Children Do!

"so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people" (Philippians 2:15 NLT).

What do good children do? They obey their parents!

When children obey parents, there are usually some benefits attached to their obedience. Children earn privileges--get rewarded for doing the right thing--and most of those children (not all) are able to navigate adulthood with success, never knowing or truly understanding the penalties that exist for non-compliance to rules and policies.

If we know this is what "good children" do, why can't we as "good children of God" do what we're supposed to do?

What I love most about being a child of God is the fact that I don't have a lot of rules to remember and He doesn't change His mind about them--love Him and love others. It's just that simple.

Now, if all people (who don't know Him) ever saw in us was our ability to love--what could they possibly say (and be truthful) against us?

The best thing we can do--is not to worry about what others say--but just do what good children do!

Father, in the name of Jesus, help us to be good children--an example for the world as to Your goodness, mercy, and grace, loving all we meet and obeying You. Amen!