Devotional: Do Good

Don’t neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.
Hebrews 13:16 (CSB)

We are alone. Utterly and desperately alone. For most of us, there is only one voice in our heads, our own. Though our hearing allows us to hear other voices, in the end, there is nothing but ourselves rattling in our heads. We are so alone in fact, you cannot do anything that I cannot dismiss as my own head making it up. This is a long philosophical thing I am not going to go into, but to sum it up, we are alone in a world of billions.

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With being so alone in our own heads, sometimes it is hard to do good for people, and to share with people what you have. Our isolation breeds a certain amount of greed and selfishness. It is natural to want to keep what you have, and to get more for yourself. Normal to not sacrifice anything for people because it might end up hurting us, or worse, killing us. But God isn't natural, He is supernatural and he wants us to be too.

Our isolation in our heads leads to selfishness, but God wants us to ignore our natural instincts and and become more selfless and more Christ like. All sin comes from a common root, selfishness. So to combat the sin in our lives, God calls us to do good for other people, to share with those in need and to give up some of our own things so others can see the full glory of God working today.

Take time everyday to make sure you do good. It is easy to overlook doing good in our overly crowded days but we must try. As followers of Christ, we must put ourselves out there as servants to those who are hurting and with out, those who hunger for something that is beyond natural. God is big enough to fill any hole in every heart and by giving a bit of ourselves to the world, we not only please God, but bring joy to the lives of others. This is how we grow.

Lord, give me every opportunity to do good this day. Remind me to share with those I meet so that you are shown to every man, woman, and child. May your restoration of the world begin with me, today.