Good's Help

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting comfort and hope, which we don’t deserve, comfort your hearts with all comfort, and help you in every good thing you say and do.” 2 Thessalonians 2v16-17 (TLB)

I find it amazing and encouraging that a special prayer is here being rendered for help to do good works and say good words. In today’s world, “good” is often scorned at. You hear people make jests of those who do good by using such words as “goody two shoes” or “goody goody” as though those doing good were in the wrong. It sometimes even sounds cool not to say good things. Malachi 3v13-15 (NLT) says “”You have said terrible things about Me,” says the LORD. “But you say, ‘What do you mean? What have we said against You?’ “You have said, ‘What’s the use of serving God? What have we gained by obeying His commands or by trying to show the LORD of Heaven’s Armies that we are sorry for our sins? From now on we will call the arrogant blessed. For those who do evil get rich, and those who dare God to punish them suffer no harm.’” Yet as believers, we were created to do good things; our Lord Jesus being an examplar of One who went about doing good. Ephesians 2v10 (NIV) saying “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” while Acts 10v38 (NIV) tells us “how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how He went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with Him.”

Supplementary Text

“So then, as occasion and opportunity open up to us, let us do good [morally] to all people [not only being useful or profitable to them, but also doing what is for their spiritual good and advantage]. Be mindful to be a blessing, especially to those of the household of faith [those who belong to God’s family with you, the believers].” Galatians 6v10 (AMP)

Prayer

Father, we thank You because You are a good God. We pray that You will help us in every good thing we say and do, that we would be a blessing to all those we come across and that those good things You before planned that we should do, that we would indeed do them to the glory of Your name in Jesus name, amen.