Psalm 119:142

Psalm 119:142 “Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.”
 

Righteousness is everlasting, it keeps on going and going and going. Righteousness never ends; it has an eternal effect on the things it touches. We are eternal beings because of the righteousness of God. Through His righteousness, we have gained eternal life. Now that we have been made righteous, through the blood of Christ, we are called to perform acts of righteousness (see Revelation 19:8). Our acts of righteousness have an eternal effect on the ones they touch.
 

Things that are eternal may not come to pass for some time. We are so prone to thinking in terms of the day in which we live in that we forget some things may not take effect until the life to come. Consider this. When Moses was walking on this earth doing acts of righteousness, do you think he had any idea those acts would have an effect on us today? When Moses was trudging through the wilderness listening every day to the grumblings of his people, do you think he had any idea that one day, because of his acts of righteousness, he would appear with the Son of God on the Mount of Transfiguration?
 

In 1 Kings 17:3-4, we read of the time when God called Elijah to the desert, “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there.” As Elijah was in the desert being fed by raves, do you think he had any idea that because of his righteous acts, one day he not only would stand with the Son of God on the Mount of Transfiguration, but also be the prophet referred to in the New Testament, 30 different times? What is it you may be doing for Jesus today, that could have an effect on eternity?
 

Let me encourage you to take some time to meditate on this verse, as you do; remember there is more to this life than what you see and hear today.  Continued.