“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” Galatians 6:10 NIV
Before I got married, days would pass without me seeing an opportunity to do good to anybody. I worked from home and never really went out. So, seeing faces daily wasn’t something I was interested in.
Then I realized that I could do good digitally and help someone. So, I started a newsletter and a blog. I’ve written hundreds of articles online that have helped countless people. Some of those blogs are long gone off the web, but the experience was great while it lasted.
Now that I am married, I don’t need to seek the opportunity because it finds me. Who else should be the first partakers of God’s goodness other than my family whose faces I see almost every waking moment of my day?
Here’s my point: there’s always an opportunity to do good. The moment you step out of your apartment, or power up your smartphone, someone is waiting to experience God’s goodness through you.
Just imagine how much our lives would change if we were intentional about doing good to people daily. Selah.
How can we do good to others through the gifts that God has given us?
Doing good is not limited to giving someone food or stopping a young child from falling into the gutter. We can do good through our work.
I once started a free mentorship program where I helped new startup founders with solutions to their digital marketing problems. Another thing I also do is to make my skills available to family members who need them. I try my best to help my parents, my wife and any other person who may need help with something I can fix.
But doing good is not limited to free work. The Wright brothers who invented the aeroplane did good for everyone by giving us a faster way to move. But guess what? We pay to enter these aeroplanes. That doesn’t stop it from being good.
I believe that being able to spot a problem people desperately need solved and giving them a solution is an act of love. It means you care enough for the people you sell to.
But once the intent shifts from good works to the acquisition of things, you’ll cut corners and create substandard solutions, while ripping people off. That’s no longer love.
So, let your gifts find expression every day. Spot a problem and be the solution.
“Looking at what God has blessed me with, I’ll do good to others from today by doing the following…”
Make an intentional list of how you want to help others and who you want to help. Look at what you have within and without and find the people who need them.
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