Doing Good ~ Words by Roxanna
10:00 AM
There
are some people in our church community who never seem to stop doing
good. Whenever I see them, they are serving or washing up, praying for
someone, encouraging others, offering to take food to the sick, or doing
some other kind act. They give generously to the work of the church.
They do all these things with such grace and enthusiasm. I am always
encouraged and challenged by their example.
They
never seem to tire of doing good. They seem to base their whole lives
on those words of John Wesley that we looked at earlier in the year.
They do all the good they can, by all the means they can, in all the
ways they can, in all the places they can, at all the times they can, to
all the people they can, as long as ever they can.
In
our society, the term ‘do-gooder’ has become pejorative; it is used as
an insult. But doing good should not be seen in this way. Jesus, we are
told, ‘went around doing good’ (Acts 10:38).
St Paul writes to Titus, ‘Remind the people … to be ready to do whatever is good’ (Titus 3:1). His desire is that those who have trusted in God ‘devote themselves to doing what is good’ (vv.8,14).
Blessing Roxanna
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