FAITH CASULE: Allow your concern for doing good to be alive.

2 Kings 4:8-17

It is written, “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.” (James 4:17) The importance of doing good cannot be emphasized enough in one daily devotional reading. Evidently, if knowing to do good and not do it is a sin, knowing to do good and doing it must be a blessing. Doing good is listed among the fruit of the spirit, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.” (Galatians 5:22) Many scriptural passages emphasized the importance of doing good. Romans 12:9, “…Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.” 1 Thessalonians 5:15, “See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.” 2 Thessalonians 3:13, “But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good.” Hebrews 13:16, “But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.”Allow your concern for doing good to be alive. Let your care be activated, and not lie dormant. When you show concern and care for doing good, then your concern is activated with care. To be concerned is from the heart, but to care is by action. Have you been having some concerns about doing good where doing good calls for good to be done? Go ahead and act with care, knowing fully well that what you are doing is in the name of God and for the glory of God.
The Shunammite woman had concern for the man of God that frequently passed by her place. 2 Kings 4:9-10, “And she said to her husband, ‘Look now, I know that this is a holy man of God who passes by us regularly. Please, let us make a small upper room on the wall; and let us put a bed for him there, and a chair and a lamp stand; so it will be, whenever he comes to us, he can turn in there.’” The man of God came and his life was made easier for him. He acknowledged the woman’s concern and care that had been directed towards him and his servant. 2 Kings 4:13, “And he said to him, ‘Say now to her, ‘“Look, you have been concerned for us with all this care. What can I do for you? Do you want me to speak on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?”’ She answered, ‘I dwell among my own people.’” Indeed, the man of God spoke on her behalf to the Almighty God and barrenness ceased in her life. The Shunammite woman became a mother in her husband’s old age. Just as the Shunammite woman did, if you surely know that something is of God, invest in it and you will reap from your investment.

Prayer for today: Ask for God’s mercy according to His lovingkindness.