I have been thinking about God’s righteousness as I have worked on memorizing Psalm 119:137-144. Verse 137 says, “Righteous are You, O Lord, and upright are Your judgments.”

Verse 138 says, “Your testimonies, which You have commanded, are righteous and very faithful.” Verse 142 clearly states the difference between His righteousness and ours. It says, “Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness.”

Our self-righteousness is evidenced through our fleshly reactions to others. We may not consciously think that we are better than someone else, but it slips out when we are faced with someone’s way of life different from ours. A prejudiced attitude surfaces.

Peter had a vision of unclean animals that he reacted to. He soon found out that God would use him to open the door to the Gentiles who were considered unclean. In Acts 10:28 Peter said to Cornelius, “…You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to keep company with or to go to one of another nation. But God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.” Our God is not a respecter of persons ~ let’s emulate Him.