Do you ALWAYS do the right thing?

Check this verse out:

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

Now sit back and just think about that for a little while. How many times a day do we have an opportunity to do the right thing and pass it up? Knowing the whole time we need to do it but chose not to. 

Here is what came to my mind, little things, like letting someone pull out into traffic who has waited to pull out but can’t. Doing the dishes for your spouse. Getting out of the recliner and shooting baskets with the kids even though you are tired. Helping the elderly neighbor rake leaves. You get the idea. The thought, I think placed there by the Holy Spirit, goes through your head to do a good task but you quickly past off. According to what I just read from the bible, you just sinned!!!!! Wow that hits me hard.

Now the spiritual side, the gospel. Good news right! How many times do we not share it when we know we are supposed too????? When we decline we sin! Ouch! Let alone the eternal consequences for the other person. 

So chew on this today. May we pray for one another to do the right thing.....always!

Tom