verse from the Bible several times then one day it just pops out at you and you have an Aww moment. For years I have made it a daily routine to read a chapter in Proverbs. There are just so many gold nuggets in this Book.
Well, yesterday I came across Proverbs 3:27.
"Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it."
This verse is very familiar to me but it had never hit my heart like it did yesterday. So I thought I might share what God gave me.
1. It's in the power of my hand to do good to others
God has given each of us a special gift of "good" to share with others. It may be words of encouragement, the ability to financially help someone or the gift of time that you can share with a lonely person. Whatever God has put in your hand He wants you to use it for the good of others.
2. Someone is due that good
God had appointed someone for me to do good to. The verse says "to them that are due". I pray I'm not too busy to overlook the person that God puts in my path! Sometimes we simply miss the opportunity to do good cause we do not take the time to see it.
3. It's ultimately my choice what I will do with my hand.
God wants to use each of us, but He will never force us. I can open my hand wide and offer as much good as God allows or I can close my hand up tight into a fist. The choice is mine, the choice is yours.
I pray we each choose to open our hand and do good. Whatever that good is. Whether it is Kindness to the cashier at Walmart, paying for the person's meal behind you in the drive-thru, visiting a nursing home or baking cookies for a neighbor.
Don't withhold the good that is in your hand.
Let God use you in amazing ways so He can be glorified
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