{"id":12934,"date":"2025-08-08T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12934"},"modified":"2025-07-17T05:22:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T10:22:47","slug":"pursue-righteousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/pursue-righteousness\/","title":{"rendered":"Pursue Righteousness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Instagram-Post-Yellow-Sunflowers-August-Flowers-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Instagram-Post-Yellow-Sunflowers-August-Flowers-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Instagram-Post-Yellow-Sunflowers-August-Flowers-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Instagram-Post-Yellow-Sunflowers-August-Flowers-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Instagram-Post-Yellow-Sunflowers-August-Flowers-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Instagram-Post-Yellow-Sunflowers-August-Flowers-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Instagram-Post-Yellow-Sunflowers-August-Flowers.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Years ago, while on vacation in Florida, Ron and I went to a dog race.&nbsp; Physically fit Greyhounds lined up at the starting line, chased after a fake bunny, running in circles around the oval track, pursuing their perceived reward, but not catching it.&nbsp; Excitement swelled among the crowd as we watched the highly contested race, the winner crossing the finish line just inches ahead of his closest competitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the same way, as we pursue righteousness and kindness, we have heavenly witnesses cheering us on to the finish line.\u00a0 Unlike the Greyhounds, we will receive our reward by living in the Lord\u2019s blessing and investing our treasure in heaven. Comparing Matthew 5:6 and 6:33, we learn that pursuing righteousness fills us with \u201clife, prosperity, and honor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think about the last time you did the right thing, whatever the situation.&nbsp; Knowing we obeyed and followed God\u2019s direction, despite the outcome, fills us with peace and contentment because we tapped into the Savior\u2019s strength and did what He would have done.&nbsp; Jesus works all things to the good for those who trust and believe in Him (Romans 8:28).<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get in the race today, pursue righteousness and kindness by following Jesus.\u00a0 Whatever the situation, find out what Christ would do, and do that.\u00a0 Love God and people with all your heart, soul, and mind, pursuing His will above all else, and enjoy an abundant life in Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Journal Question:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">What comes to mind when you think of pursuing righteousness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Random Act of Kindness:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">What\u2019s the next right thing you can do today for someone else?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Years ago, while on vacation in Florida, Ron and I went to a dog race.&nbsp; Physically fit Greyhounds lined up at the starting line, chased after a fake bunny, running in circles around the oval track, pursuing their perceived reward, but not catching it.&nbsp; Excitement swelled among the crowd as we watched the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/pursue-righteousness\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pursue Righteousness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12934"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12937,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12934\/revisions\/12937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}