UPHOLDING THE GREATER GOOD

UPHOLDING THE GREATER GOOD


Today we read about
The COURAGE
And conviction=
Of John the Baptist


He admonished Herod
For his INFIDELITY=
In taking his brother's wife


And he LOST his LIFE=
His very head
For doing so


“When Herod heard
John the Baptist speak=
He was very


Much PERPLEXED=
Yet he
Liked to listen to him” Mark 6:20


Despite John's righteousness=
Herod could have
Had John
Executed IMMEDIATELY=


Yet he WAITED until he
Made a promise
To his wife's daughter=
His DAUGHTER-IN-LAW


Meanwhile John was
UPHOLDING the GREATER GOOD
Of God


He gave up his
LIFE=for the
People of GOD'S KINGDOM


Sometimes we have
To STAND for something
In this world too


We have to
UPHOLD THE GREATER GOOD TOO


John was=and we
Need to be
UPRIGHT men and women


“In the land of Uz=
There LIVED a man
Whose name
Was Job=


This man was blameless
And UPRIGHT=
He feared God
And shunned evil” Job 1:1


“The Lord detests
The sacrifice
Of the wicked


But the prayer
Of the UPRIGHT
Pleases him” Proverbs 15:8


Yes John was
An UPRIGHT MAN=
And his life=
Pleased both God and Jesus=
He prepared the way
For his COUSIN


We have to do
GOOD=with our lives=
We have to UPHOLD
THE GREATER GOOD


And stand up for GOD
And Jesus with our lives=
We have to be
UPRIGHT PEOPLE TOO


“Rather he must be
Hospitable=one who loves
WHAT IS GOOD


Who is self-controlled-UPRIGHT=
Holy and disciplined” Titus 1:8


That is what John was
That is
WHO we must be too


Like John=
We are called
To RISK


To RAISE our voices=
And protect
THE GREATER GOOD


Dear Lord=we pray=
HERE WE ARE=SEND US


In the name of Jesus=and our ever GOOD=God the FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
2-06-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Deborah A. Meister