Proverbs 21:21 (NLT)
21 Whoever pursues righteousness and unfailing love will
find life, righteousness, and honor.
What it is to make religion our business; it is to follow
after righteousness and mercy, not to content ourselves with easy performances,
but to do our duty with the utmost care and pains, as those that are pressing
forward and in fear of coming short. We must both do justly and love mercy, and
must proceed and persevere therein; and, though we cannot attain to perfection,
yet it will be a comfort to us if we aim at it and follow after it. [Matthew
Henry Commentary]
If you want to be recognized in life, be recognized for
the important things. Let others speak of you favorably. Let them acknowledge
your love for others. Let them tell how you helped those in need. Yes, above
all pursue righteousness and unfailing love that you might find a life of
righteousness and honor.
As King Solomon tells us in The Bible, what is life but a
pursuit of futility? In Ecclesiastes he said, “I came to hate all my hard work
here on earth, for I must leave to others everything I have earned. And who can
tell whether my successors will be wise or foolish? Yet they will control
everything I have gained by my skill and hard work under the sun. How
meaningless! So I gave up in despair, questioning the value of all my hard work
in this world. Some people work wisely with knowledge and skill, then must
leave the fruit of their efforts to someone who hasn’t worked for it. This,
too, is meaningless, a great tragedy. So what do people get in this life for
all their hard work and anxiety? Their days of labor are filled with pain and
grief; even at night their minds cannot rest. It is all meaningless.”
Make your life meaningful, not by pursuing the treasures
of this world, but by storing your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust
cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Whoever pursues
righteousness and unfailing love will find life, righteousness, and honor.
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