About standing tall and upright in good times…
Malachi 2: 5 "My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace,
and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in
awe of my name. 6 True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found
on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from
sin. (NIV)
The verse is about Levi. This verse should be about each of us when we
experience victory. When we celebrate victory, we are not to celebrate in
drunkenness and debauchery. When we celebrate victory, we are to look up to God
and give Him praise for His great blessings in our life. When good times roll in
our life, few as they sometimes are, we too often forget all the good things
come from God. When the good times roll in life, we are not to pat ourselves on
the back and tell ourselves or others how good we are. When the good times roll
in life, we are to rejoice, praise God for His blessings, and kneel at the foot
of His Cross in humility. Satan wants the good times to be a time of sliding
away from God by producing in you the desire to do the wrong thing in pride and
arrogance. God wants the good times to be a time when your heart soars upward
because you always want to do the right thing in humility, in grace, and in His
love.
