Conviction and Living Out those Convictions and Righteousness

Just shared these points with someone else and thought I'd add it here to be a reminder to me too :)

No. 1) It's not how much you know that matters but how much you live what you know...

No. 2) With that in mind know that what you know will be challenged. Or you can feel confident on where you at based on what you know but it's only when we are challenged that we trully see what we know. (And when challenged and fall, even repeatedly... don't allow yourself to say well clearly you will never change! Keep getting up, keep trying again and you will build the resistance you need to overcome, challenges are a time of living out, practising what we know in our heads and hearts)

No. 3) With regards to righteousness, it's just baby steps in the right direction with God's help of course. It's not having pride about how great you think you are but instead remaining humble and working through your issues.... And you may not see all at once, but the ones that you do see, act on your convictions.(also emphasis on YOUR convictions, we all have different areas in our lives that are highlighted or standing out) if you know there's something that you need to change you have one of 2 choices... A) Act on your conviction, begin to work at it, until that isnt' a part of your life, "bad habit", weight anymore, even find someone who will keep you accountable till you're through it or B) Silence the voice of conscious in you, supress the knowledge of doing the right thing, until you hardly hear it anymore.(this happens bit by bit as we continually not do the thing we feeling convicted about)[NOT THE RECOMMENDED OPTION] We don't become righteous over night, but with God's help and by His grace we are able to overcome whatever is thrown at us, and this is not just so we can be "kwaai" in our own rights, but so that we can be a blessing, a help, etc. to the next person... You doing well in your work and studies is not just a blessing to you and your fam and future fam, but to all who work under you... Because as you grow, you have more to give to others...