FAITH CAPSULE: Nothing goes without its reward and every act of man will activate a man’s reward.

Esther 5, 6, 7

God is good. Doing good when a situation calls for it glorifies God. When you know to do good, do not stop nor relent from doing good. Also, when doing evil becomes part of your doing, it is good to seek God for help and reverse from doing evil to doing good. Have you been doing good and it appears to you there is no reward for doing good? If God does not oversee sin, He definitely would not oversee doing good. Nothing goes without its reward and every act of man will activate a man’s reward. The few Scriptural verses below cannot emphasize enough about good: Proverbs 15:3, “The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.” Isaiah 1:17 “Learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.” Romans 12:21 “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Doing good or bad does have its reward. Whatever a man sows, he will reap. It is not possible to sow oranges and reap mangos. Are you ignoring doing good because there is no one to acknowledge your doing? God sees it all and He will not relent from rewarding you for your deed. Mordecai spotted evil and did not relent from reporting it. It is written, “In those days, while Mordecai sat within the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, doorkeepers, became furious and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. So the matter became known to Mordecai, who told Queen Esther, and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name.” (Esther 2:21-22)
Mordecai’s good deed was not instantly rewarded, but was nevertheless recorded in his name. As time went by, a certain evil man named Haman, who had sought to destroy Mordecai, gained promotion to be the right hand man of king Ahasuerus. The night before Haman could carry out his attempt to destroy Mordecai and his people, “…the king could not sleep. So one was commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.  And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, the doorkeepers who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. Then the king said, ’What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this…?’” (Esther 6:1-3) The honor and dignity that was bestowed to Mordecai gave deliverance to Mordecai and set Haman into destruction. Indeed and in truth, “A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked intentions He will condemn.”(Proverbs 12:2) Meditate on the Word of God, “…to him who knows to do good and does not do it to him it is sin.” (James 4:17)

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace that enables man to do good constantly in the daily journey.