THE LITMUS TEST

November 18

THE LITMUS TEST

Psalms 34:15-16 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. (16) The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? asked King Solomon in Proverbs 20:6. Anyone can claim to be righteous; anyone can claim to have God on his or her side, but it is the end that tells the beginning. Not just the end of the paragraph or even of the particular story in the chapter, but the end of the book of our life--and that end will not be until the Great White Throne judgment at the end of the Millennium (Revelations 20:11-15).

The righteous are those who has been redeemed, and are owned by the righteous Lord Jesus Christ. They shall never see death nor corruption in this world nor in the next no matter what. The remembrance of those that do evil is to be cut off from the earth, The proof, the litmus test of God’s vindication and acceptance of a man is that His ears are open unto his cry, and that He preserves them forever. Because corruption and annihilation is his fate (Revelations 20:10), the enemy of our soul loves to use the many trials and test of this life in an attempt to make us forget that.

So, redeemed by His righteous saving merciful grace, let us not fret not when we don’t see nor understand the way He leads us on. Let us not fear the many turns and curves on the mountain path. Let’s remember that we are made for God’s purpose to bring us to the fulfillment of His promise of eternal life. We need to just trust Him and follow His leading day by day.

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.