Committed to doing good

Good morning everyone,

Our theme for this month: “The Great Adventure”

Our Bible verse for today: “When it is in your power, don’t withhold good from the one to whom it belongs. Don’t say to your neighbor, ‘Go away! Come back later. I’ll give it to you tomorrow’ – when it is there with you.” Proverbs 3:27-28 (CSB)

Our thought for today: “Committed to doing good”

Author and Bible scholar Denis Prager once wrote that as a young man thoughtfully trying to find his way in life, he resolved that he wanted to spend his life influencing people for good. Regardless of whatever profession he chose, he wanted his life to be characterized and marked by a continuous effort to influence people for good.

That’s a pretty good goal. And it certainly is Biblical. Doing good and having a positive influence on others is a Biblical principle that God teaches over-and-over again in many different ways through the pens of many different writers in both the Old and New Testaments. In Proverbs 3:27-28 (above) Solomon wrote that if you encounter someone in need and you have the ability to help them, then help them. Do it and do it right away.

In Luke 10:25-37 Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan. A man had been robbed, beaten, and left naked and bleeding in the road. A priest and a Levite (both religious professionals) came upon the man, crossed to the other side of the road, and left him lying there. But then a simple Samaritan man came upon him and took the action necessary to help the man. Jesus commended the actions of the Good Samaritan and told us to go and do likewise.

Galatians 6:9-10 says, “Let us not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.”

And in Hebrews 13:16 we find, “Don’t neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.”

Regardless of anything else you do with your life, if you are committed to going through life doing good and having a good influence on people, that will be a very worthy purpose. It will provide you with all the daily short-term focus you need to honor God and to bless people by the way you live.

I encouraged you to be committed to doing good.

God bless,
Pastor Jim

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