The Benefits Of Righteousness

- Let me continue with point 3

Point 3: God Upholds The Righteous

Psalm 55:22 says, “Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall.”

Pro 12:21 says, “No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked have their fill of trouble.”

Pro 18:10 says, “The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.”

A construction crew was building a new road through a rural area, knocking down trees as it progressed. A superintendent noticed that one tree had a nest of birds who couldn’t yet fly and he marked the tree so that it would not be cut down. Several weeks later the superintendent came back to the tree. He got into a bucket truck and was lifted up so that he could peer into the nest. The fledglings were gone. They had obviously learned to fly. The superintendent ordered the tree cut down. As the tree crashed to the ground, the nest fell clear and some of the material that the birds had gathered to make the nest was scattered about. Part of it was a scrap torn from a Sunday school pamphlet. On the scrap of paper were these words: He careth for you.

- We are like those birds at times. Pressure is mounting on all sides in life but then God steps in and says to our circumstances not this tree.

- Why because like the birds we have learned the promise that God cares and upholds the righteous, even in difficult times.

- And when God sees that we have learned to fly, fly above our circumstances with God’s help and guidance then the tree is cut down.

- You are in God’s best interest, and when hard times come, look to God to uphold you and trust Him. He will teach what He wants you to know.

- Learn it quick by leaning on His everlasting arms.

Point 4: God Blesses The Home Of The Righteous

Prov 3:33 says, “The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.”

- If you want your home to be like the days of heaven on earth, pursue righteousness

- Continue to pursue righteousness because what you sow you will reap one day.

- Righteous living in the home, produces blessing in the home.

- Let it be your passion, and your pursuit in life to make your home a place where you live for righteousness in God.

Point 5: God Blesses The Righteous With Joy

Prov 10:28 says, “The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.”

Men have pursued joy in every avenue imaginable. Some have successfully found it while others have not. Perhaps it would be easier to describe where joy cannot be found:

Not in Unbelief -- Voltaire was an infidel of the most pronounced type. He wrote: "I wish I had never been born."

Not in Pleasure -- Lord Byron lived a life of pleasure if anyone did. He wrote: "The worm, the canker, and grief are mine alone."

Not in Money -- Jay Gould, the American millionaire, had plenty of that. When dying, he said: "I suppose I am the most miserable man on earth."

Not in Position and Fame -- Lord Beaconsfield enjoyed more than his share of both. He wrote: "Youth is a mistake; manhood a struggle; old age a regret."