James 4:17- “If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.”
If you had it to do all over again, what would you do over again?
Or, what would you not want to do over again?
Lies? Unkind thoughts? Cheating?
What about things you didn’t do? Things you wished you had…
Regrets.
James 4:17 reminds us that it is not only the wrong things we do that are sins, but also the good things we know we should do, but don’t.
Although I have committed my share of overt sins, it is those acts of kindness or promptings by The Holy Spirit to help others that I haven’t acted on that sadden me most.
Oh, sure, I have my reasons for not heeding the prompting of the Holy Spirit. For instance, I might reason that I didn’t give money to a homeless man on the street corner because he looked like he might just use it on drugs. Or, I didn’t fill a bag of clothing for the Veterans because what I had to give wasn’t appropriate for the season.
But, The Holy Spirit tells me that my responsibility is to be obedient. His reasons for nudging me might be to meet someone else’s physical or financial need. Or it could be that his request is about me exercising my faith, believing that he knows what he is doing.
It is my job to simply be an instrument to make that happen—
The Hands and Feet of Jesus.
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