Every Day God Gives Me Opportunities to Help Others

In Proverbs 3:27 I read, “Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it’s in your power to help them.” (NLT)

Every day God gives me opportunities to show kindness to people around me. As he does, he’s watching to see how I’ll respond.

Will I choose to be self-centered? Or will I notice the people who need a word of encouragement, a pat on the back, an errand done for them, or some other practical means of help?

The Bible says, “Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it’s in your power to help them” (Proverbs 3:27 NLT).

I won’t always have an opportunity to help. So when I do, just do it!

I probably have people in my life that I’ve thought about helping. I have the best intentions. But I’ve done nothing. Why?

Maybe I’ve made excuses. I thought, “I’ll do it when things settle down.” Guess what? Things never will.

If I’m going to do any good in my life, the time is now. The Bible says, “If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done” (Ecclesiastes 11:4 TLB).

Do good now because I’m not guaranteed tomorrow.

Jesus said, “All of us must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent me, for there is little time left before the night falls and all work comes to an end” (John 9:4 TLB).

God has tasks he wants me to do. Don’t wait for perfect conditions to do them. Instead, look every day for the opportunities God gives me to help and encourage others. And just do it.

In summary, I should never withhold doing good for those who deserve it, especially when it’s in my power to help them. Every day God gives me opportunities to show kindness to others around me. As he does, he’s watching to see how I’ll respond. Will I choose to be self-centered, or will I notice and help? I may not always have an opportunity to help. So when I do, just do it! I know that in some situations I have the best intentions. But I’ve done nothing. I’ve made excuses, thinking, “I’ll do it when things settle down.” However things never will. If I’m going to do any good in my life, the time is now. Do good now because I’m not guaranteed tomorrow. God has tasks he wants me to do. Don’t wait for perfect conditions to do them. Instead, look every day for the opportunities God gives me to help and encourage others, and do them.

Father, I need you. Please give me Your strength for today and remind me in little ways that I can believe in, have faith and can trust you in everything, including being the authority for my life, my self-worth and my future. You have my best interests in mind. Help me to embrace the way you’ve made me; my gifting and passions. I want to serve and fulfill the mission you have in mind for me.  If I delay in doing good to others to whom it is due, I am being inconsiderate and unfair. I need to be eager to do good to others as I am to have good done to me. So I ask for wisdom and guidance in this as well as for my day, my work, my leadership, my interactions with others, my preparation for my future job role and for leading a small group. I ask these things through you Son Jesus’ name, Amen.