Our Reward Comes After Doing Right

Doing what is right is that which is on task. I am to do what is right “in the sight of the LORD”.

“¹⁸And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and take possession of the good land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers” – Deuteronomy 6:18 (ESV)

My goal is to do “right and good” for God. I strive to accomplish that goal and nothing else. What do I get for accomplishing that goal, well that is left up to God. That is the part that I do not have the control of although in accomplishing the goal, I know that I will be rewarded with what God has promised to reward. I will “take possession of the good” and that good is in heaven, not in this world.

I have to be willing to simply put my head down and do the work assigned and strive to reach the goal before me. What comes after is not for me to worry with right now. I have to look for the now and be content with the task at hand and work on that without concern for what is next. When I have done “right and good in the sight of the LORD”, I will have accomplished the Goal and will “take possession of the good” that has been promised, heaven.

I know that too often I look to the future to determine what it holds and that gets in my way of living and enjoying the moment. I have to remember that the moment is where I am, and until I get passed this moment, nothing else should be of concern. I am here now doing the work of God and that is my only priority and where my full focus and attention should be. What comes next will be whatever God has in store for me and will be there when I get there.

Our role here is to do that which is “right and good in the sight of the LORD”. When I am focused on that, I will reach the goal, exceed it and be rewarded with “possession of the good” that God has in store for me.

What are you focused on at this moment? Are you concerning yourself with what is to come? What if you were to focus instead on doing “what is right and good in the sight of the LORD” and allow the next to present itself when the next comes, knowing that the reward is the “possession of the good” God has for you?