Do good!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Now look out cause here comes Christmas. This verse is a good one to prepare us for Christmas.

James 4:17
17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

I have thought many times about doing good to others. Why is it that during Christmas we try to help others much more than we do at other times of the year? I guess that is why they call it the "giving season". This verse should really speak to us. I want you to stop for a moment and really think about it. If we know to do good and do not do it....we sin. Very simple but very deep. We can define doing good many different ways. Here are two ways that pop into my head. The first is telling people about Jesus. Sharing the gospel. It is not hard to do but we don't very often. When we don't share the good news according to this verse it is sin....wow! Second when we know someone is in need and we walk away thinking someone else will take care of it again it is sin. Do you see how deep this little verse can be? Take time to think on this today...it may change some things in our life!

Tom