Doing Good

Good Morning,

Titus 3:1-2, 8 (NIV)
Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men.
This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.

What we're being shown today in these verses is pretty easy to understand, if not, perhaps, simple to undertake...for some.

Paul is pretty clear, I think. "...be ready to do whatever is good..." and "...be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good..."

So, I would suggest that each of us ask him or her self, "What, exactly, am I doing in my life that would be considered "good" in the eyes of first: God; then, in the eyes of my fellow Christians; and last, in the eyes of the world in which I live?

It's not a hard question to answer. Although, there are some, perhaps even many, who might not like the answer that they come up with. There are those of us who will struggle to find even one "something" that immediately comes to mind in the "doing good" category. Then, there are others who are more obedient who will have to fill pages with the things that would be "doing good" as we, and God, would observe.

I suppose that these verses today are aimed at the former, those of us who might find difficulty naming that which we do that is "good" in our day to day lives. We are the ones who need to decide what we do with our time and our recourses to change what we are presently involved in to that which we really know we need to be involved in. Yes, we have that word cropping up again, I'm afraid...CHOICE...that we have to deal with. For those of us who do little that might be "good" in our lives each day, well, we have to make the choice to change that. We can take our lives and make them more meaningful by simply choosing to NOT do what we are presently doing and then DO what it is we know we should. A choice, you see. Just as almost every moment of every day of our lives involves some choice or other.

For those who are actively "doing good" in their lives, I would first commend you for your obedience and your Godly actions. Second, I pray that you continue making the choices in your lives which show, in a real way, that doing good on a regular basis CAN be achieved. I sincerely hope that the way you live your lives continues to be that example which proves the right choices, the choices that will please God, are what we all should strive for. And, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for all you do.

Love, peace, and blessings,

David