We have a choice to be faithful. That springs from the earth. It is up to us to be consistent. Think for a moment of all that comes from the ground. The plants can be counted on to clean the air. Their seeds reproduce after their kind. The insects eat the same food, travel the same paths. Mammals live in their predictable places, mate in foreseeable times and then return from to the dust. The ground teaches us that the earthly may be faithful.
Man can only do his best. At best a man can be faithful. He can honor his word. He can be true to who he is and was made to be. He can acknowledge and be loyal to his Maker. At worst a man can be unfaithful. Unfaithful not only in lies but in cheating on his God. Unfaithful in forsaking the God that made him and giving Him no acknowledgement for it.
What does not spring from the Earth is Righteousness. There is nothing any earthling can do to be right with God. Right standing does not come from the earth, rather it comes from the sky. God bestows it. God gives it. It comes from Him. It is His opening the door of Heaven that allows us to come in, not us pushing the door open.
There is a junction where Earth meets Heaven. It is where our faithfulness meets His righteousness. Have you come to this point? Are you faithful to God? Have you received His righteousness?
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