Devoted to Good

DEVOTION
TITUS
DEVOTED TO GOOD
Titus 3:7-8
7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. 8 This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.
NIV
This is the completion of a thought yet it stands well be itself and bears attention within my being for I have been justified by his grace. By his gracious act of kindness he has rendered me innocent of all charges which I am guilty of and deserve the serve out the penalty of death for. But no, I do not have to, for he has rendered me innocent because of the incredible act of love by my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ under the direction of the almighty God the Father. Because I am rendered innocent, I do not need to fear the death penalty, but have the hope of eternal life plus becoming an heir to the fortune of God. All that he has, will someday be mine. All the glories of God will be available for me to enjoy. In fact, they already are, at least in a spiritual sense. I think it is out of this thankfulness for his act of love toward me that I am so overwhelmed with the desire to do things which will enhance, or benefit his kingdom. How else could I explain my actions? I know that within me I have the capacity to do that which is not good, yet I am to devote myself to doing that which is good. When I consider having been guilty, and still am for the most part, and that he has justified me, he has rendered me innocent; I cannot help but want to do that which is good. I have a difficult time understanding how I can do not so good at times. That old guilty self keeps fighting, but to what point, death? I sure Satan would like nothing more. But those actions are not excellent and they are not profitable for me or anyone else. So I must devote myself to the good, to the excellent, to the profitable. I am a free man, set free from the prison and chains of the past as well as all my fellow believers and having been freed from them I can fully move into my future with my Lord and Savior as his co-heir to the Kingdom of God. That is a very trustworthy saying. I am considered innocent by the one and only one who is qualified to judge me. So I step out, in step with my God, going where he directs me, doing what he desires me to do, although he has set me free, I am his bondservant, out of my gratitude for what he has done for me, in me and is doing through me. But, all this is not just for me; I must also stress this among the rest of the Body of Christ, so they too may devote themselves to doing that which is good.