Acts 10:38 (ESV) — … how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were
oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
NOTE: It seems like
such an insignificant comment about Jesus, but it really captures the purpose
of any believer's life is the sentence, "He went about doing good …."
I think that would be a nice epitaph for just about anyone. That would mean that
you were not remembered for: causing strife, angering people, spoiling people's
job, breaking down their accomplishments, using hurtful names, talking behind
another's back, ridiculing another's beliefs, and many other things. Of course,
one might reply that sometimes we must do those things when another person is
in error. Jesus chose two paths in that regard. In one case he gently
instructed people with error. He used questions to draw out another's thinking.
He was compassionate on the lost and struggling. He also dealt harshly with
some, but that was always individuals with authority who were propagated things
that were untrue, not those who had an error to themselves.
PRAYER: It is so
easy to use the things you have given us for the wrong reasons. Help us to be
gentle in our words and our interactions. May others remember us as individuals
'who went about doing good.'
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