(Below is an excerpt from Pastor’s book, “How to Triumph in Troubled Times”)
Many believers do not do the right thing. Let’s go a little further: many preachers do not do the right thing. They have a choice! Am I going to be bitter or better? The moment I choose sides and say, “I choose to be bitter about that,” then I get out of the arena of God’s blessing. I feel sorry for people that do not do the right thing or play by the rules, but that is their problem, not mine. I have a choice to make and I am going to do the right thing. I have made up my mind. Doing the right thing does not always win the first twenty-four hours, the first twenty-four days, or even the first twenty-four months, but it does win. Love always wins.
I have lived long enough to appreciate people that are honest. I am going to be that kind of person if God will just continue to show me how. I want to do what is right. I want to operate my life God’s way. I do not want to be an opportunist, using others as a means to accomplish my earthly assignment. I do not have to be that kind of person. I can walk in love in a world of hatred. I will not fret or worry because Jesus said, “. . . see that ye be not troubled ” (Matthew 24:6). You always have the opportunist type of person around. There will always be a Judas in the wings. There will always be someone who is taking advantage of situations, but you will be blessed if you do it God’s way and keep a good spirit. You can trust in the Lord. God will bring you out and make a way for you. It is the way I have lived for many years. Whether you understand or not do what is right. It is a faith walk. You do not walk by the way things appear right now. Habakkuk said, “…the just shall live, by his faith” (Habakkuk 2:4).