God does not ask us to be a “good person.” He expects us to be blameless. Don’t downsize God’s expectations for you. To do so, robs you and indicates a lack of faith in God’s power to transform your life.
A person who always seeks to honor God in all they do will naturally develop a blameless life. Being blameless is not identical to being perfect. Blameless people still make mistakes. But the way they conduct themselves when they sin or when they fail makes them blameless in their relationships to others and to God.
A reward of being blameless is that you have righteousness as your bodyguard! Righteousness is not being “holier than thou.” It is being like God. It is doing things God’s way and therefore reflecting His character. It is doing the “right” thing. While you may have enemies who oppose you and seek to harm you, they will have difficulty pinning accusations on someone who is behaving in a godly manner. They may shout loud accusations against you but the righteousness of your life will deflect their verbal arrows.
Conversely, just as righteousness zealously guards the blameless, wickedness will overthrow the sinner. Wickedness may appear like an evil friend who entices us to embrace evil. But at a crucial moment, our wicked deeds will betray us and seek our destruction. Far better to trust in righteousness! We know what to expect from it. For it reflects the nature of God.