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Hebrews 13:15-16 (NIV):
15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices, God is pleased.
I think it is a good idea to link Hebrews 13 verses 15 with 16. This is because as part of our sacrifice of praise, the fruit of our lips that profess His name, we should not forget to do good. For it is such sacrifices of praise that do good that pleases God. In other words, we are not merely paying lip service. Instead, we are actually doing something tangible in our sacrifice of praise. Jesus taught before that when we do something good to one of the least of His brethren, we are doing the same unto Him (see Matthew 25:40-45). In James 2:26 – it is written that for as the body without spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
One of the easiest ways to do good is actually to be kind to one another and others. Displaying kindness doesn’t cost much, in fact, costs us nothing! But it may have a profound and far-reaching impact. An act of kindness may give hope to someone, and sometimes that hope may mean believing in the sanctity of life and in living. It may lead to a realisation that there still exists humanity in people. Not everyone is out to get you or take advantage of your situation. We need to always reinstill and reinforce the belief that there are still good people out there. If Christ is glorified in the process, well and good. If not, we are still good with Christ by doing so.
Even though today is already knocking at the door of the weekend, and thus the week is nearly over, it is not too late to be kind. Do good, be kind today and the weekend even as we prepare ourselves to worship God and celebrate His goodness on Sunday.
God bless you, and have a good weekend, everyone! TGIF and take care!
Ronnie's Thoughts 