The Right Thing To Do

It is reported that Christopher Reeve said these words, “I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us…if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do.”

That sounds so good. I wish it were true. Some of us have “a still, small voice” inside us who is the Spirit of God. Many, if most, do not.

With all the talk about being “values-driven,” most of the talkers never get around to the source of values – language like the following, which I copied from an e-mail sent to me by “Simple Truths,” makes the point.

“You see, being values-driven means two things:
Doing what’s right – following our conscience; refusing to compromise our principles, despite pressures and temptations to the contrary, and
Taking a stand against what’s wrong – speaking out, whenever we see others do things that are incorrect or inappropriate.
Unquestionably, both of those require guts and fortitude…they require courage.”

That’s pretty good stuff. What does not appear, however, is the source of what is “right” and what is “wrong.” We want to believe that every person has the ability to determine what is right or wrong based on some nebulous system of positive thinking, and that is just not true.

Right and wrong come from God. They are made clear in His Word, the Bible. If we fail to understand that, we have only the thoughts and actions of unGodly men on which to base our values.

I can promise you, that is dangerous.