Reflection

DEVOTION

PROVERBS

 REFLECTION

Prov 20:11

11 Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right.

NIV

We would have to agree parents have a clear idea of the inner workings of their children by how they behave. We have a tendency to brag about how good our children are, but leave out any of the mischievous or disobedient behaviors. However it is also true many children are seen in public acting out the worst of behaviors, which certainly reflects on the parent’s willingness to train the child properly, although there may be just bad children through no fault of the parent. Is this not the case with us, the children of God? Are we not known by our actions? It is not that our actions or works secures salvation, but the world knows us by our actions. Is our conduct pure and right? We certainly think it is, but how do we look to others? We know how we look to God as he sees us through the blood of Jesus and therefore to him we are pure and right. But we are known by our actions, by our behavior which reflect on our parent, God. Do people ever say, “Sure you claim to be a Christian, but you sure don’t behave like one”? Even the unbeliever knows how we are supposed to behave. Doesn’t that seem odd? But it isn’t, as God has put the knowledge of him into all his creation, every person, but some have suppressed that knowledge by their evil deeds. But they still know, just because it is suppressed it has not gone away. So they know about God deep within and watch us to see if our actions back up our words. We pray our actions will always be pure and right in the sight of the world. We cannot afford to be assimilated into their way of thinking. We cannot afford to be influenced by their way of behaving. We cannot afford to be drawn into conduct that is not pure and right. It is for certain the schemes of the devil are centered on dragging us from anything pure and right and into thinking and thus acting as the world does. We are children of God and we reflect our Father by our conduct, let us reflect that which is pure and right. Let us be a reflection.