PROMISES FOR THE RIGHTEOUS 
 
I think this walk of being right with God is like being a tightrope walker on a high wire. The thrill is in walking the narrow walk between the two towers, which pleases those who are watching, yet if you fall there is a net below. Some religious groups imply that there is no net. If you sin, it is over for you. You only get one chance. If you happen to sin certain sins, God is done with you. Then there are those who spend all their time laying in the net, feeling that God loves them no matter what they do, so why not just rest in His grace. To me, both are wrong. I happen to think that we need to walk the narrow walk, going the distance, which pleases the One who is watching. Yet, if we fall, we fall into His everlasting arms; His grace will be there for us, but He expects us to get back up and keep walking. You can see this in the book of Proverbs, where it says, “A righteous person may fall seven times, (continually) but he gets up again.” (Proverbs 24:16, GW)
 
Another way of seeing this is that I am made righteous by God by faith, which makes me want to do right things. If I fail in the attempt to do what is right, I am covered by His robe of righteousness which He covers me while I am getting back up to walk the tightrope again.
 
This gift of righteousness is useful in shutting down condemnation, which the enemy uses to keep me down when I fall. If I did not have a breastplate of righteousness available, I likely would never be able to recover by doing enough on my own. I need both.
 
We have all been given the breastplate of righteousness, which protects us from the condemnation of the enemy. There are times when he tries to work me over, so I let him know that I am as righteous as Jesus, not because I do everything right, but because He gave me His righteousness as a gift. It also allows me to stand before God in prayer. The goal now is to walk this out by faith.
 
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