1 Timothy 6:18
Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds and to be generous and willing to share.
Do good and good deeds. Be generous and share.
Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds and to be generous and willing to share.
Do good and good deeds. Be generous and share.
We do this, yes? However do our lives permeate with this command?
Every day. Every moment. It seems to often that we do this as a
scheduled event. Next Tuesday, we are going to do a shoe drive. Check.
Next Saturday, we are going to take a meal to a family in need. Check.
On Sunday, we are scheduled to teach in Sunday School. Check.
Too often, we fulfill this requirement by scheduled obligations. Our calendar us filled with many such obligations. We lived stressed trying to meet them all. Yet, many times the obligation doesn't go much farther than our planner and our hasty drop-off as we quickly move to the next scheduled event to do good....because that is what we are supposed to do.
Yet, too often it leaves us drained instead of filling us with joy and we become overwhelmed by what we feel obligated to do instead of experiencing the joy the comes with serving through obedience. It is what is in our heart that God is interested in...not what is in the casserole dish.
He has called us to bless someone, to be His hands and feet, for a reason and it isn't because we make the best fried chicken or because we own the fastest lawn mower. He's called us to grow us, to mature our faith and to give us the opportunity to work where He is working. A divine appointment.
Something to be treasured not out of duty but out of the pleasure of serving with our Father. In time, our planner will no longer be filled with scheduled good deeds but rather our lives will become one with goodness. We won't have to schedule it. It will just be.
Live worthy.
Too often, we fulfill this requirement by scheduled obligations. Our calendar us filled with many such obligations. We lived stressed trying to meet them all. Yet, many times the obligation doesn't go much farther than our planner and our hasty drop-off as we quickly move to the next scheduled event to do good....because that is what we are supposed to do.
Yet, too often it leaves us drained instead of filling us with joy and we become overwhelmed by what we feel obligated to do instead of experiencing the joy the comes with serving through obedience. It is what is in our heart that God is interested in...not what is in the casserole dish.
He has called us to bless someone, to be His hands and feet, for a reason and it isn't because we make the best fried chicken or because we own the fastest lawn mower. He's called us to grow us, to mature our faith and to give us the opportunity to work where He is working. A divine appointment.
Something to be treasured not out of duty but out of the pleasure of serving with our Father. In time, our planner will no longer be filled with scheduled good deeds but rather our lives will become one with goodness. We won't have to schedule it. It will just be.
Live worthy.
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