Do Good

Psalm 34:14

Turn from evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it.

Turn from evil. Evil? As a Christian I assumed an evil heart, a heart of iniquity no longer existed in me because I am now a new creation. I assumed right. God did deliver me and every one who who repents and receives Christ as Savior and Lord. He at that time removes iniquity from our hearts and we become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus because of His death and cleansing blood.

So what is the problem? We do not always choose to do good. Even though a change of heart has taken place we can still revert back to those old ways, those old habits and coping devices that use to work for us, even though they no longer work for us or satisfy us as they did in the past. So why do we choose to do evil actions instead of good. Why do we think, talk or even act outside our new nature. The words of our mouth are often faithless and filled with worry. Thoughts filled with the same. We slip into unprofitable worldly thinking often. Why?

We are at times blinded to the truth of who we are in Christ. We are new creations. We have the mind and heart of Christ. Let us choose to discipline the thoughts in our mind and cause the impressions in our heart to be conformed to His. Let us decide to act like children of the King, to do good, seek peace and pursue it.