Someone once
said that people rarely get dizzy from going good turns! While God doesn’t
require goodness as a prerequisite for faith, faithful people do good because
they have faith.
The best way
to do good is to be good. Titus offers reliable advice about the ingredients of
a good life. Self-control is the key.
The key to self-control is to turn all your sins over to Jesus. He took
them away and made you righteous, thereby supplying a means to resist
temptation. While Jesus’ death and resurrection made us righteous, we still sin
as we await that time when He comes again and brings us to complete perfection.
We have the
blessed hope that Jesus will come again. This comforts us in times of pain,
sorrow, failure, and sin. We know that despite our own troubles, Jesus knows
our needs, and He will treat those problems.
While we
wait for that blessed day, we can do good. We can share His comfort with those
in need; forgive as we have been forgiven; core for those who can’t care for
themselves; support missionaries and charities; help around church, etc. (the
etc. is limited only by your imagination and effort.)
So, if anyone calls you a dizzy Christian because of your good works, take it as a compliment.
Janet Irene Thomas
Director, Playwright, Gospel Lyricist, Screenwriter
Founder/CEO
Bible Stories Theatre of Fine & Performing Arts
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