Going About Doing Good

“Bear one another’s burdens. (Galatians 6:2)

At times we seem to get overwhelmed with all our own heartaches and problems to the point we forget or don’t want to get involved in other’s problems. If we are filled with God’s love we will hurt when others hurt; we will pray earnestly, in faith, interceding for the hurting as if their problem was ours; we would do all within our power and means to alleviate their pain.

Our self-centeredness and wrong priorities keep us from “bearing one another’s burdens” and missing the joy of loving and joining in the healing of others’ hurts. What a witness it is to the world of the love and compassion of Jesus Christ when they see us lifting another’s burdens. A little love can change a life. The love of Christ is the most powerful force in the world. Sharing our love not only changes others but it changes us to be more like Christ – “Jesus went about doing good.”

He did for us that which we can’t do for ourselves. When here on earth He healed the sick; He raised the dead; He fed the hungry; He protected the helpless; He encouraged the down-trodden; He taught the Truth and most importantly, He loved us by dying on a cruel cross so that we could live with Him in heaven forever. God is love and He is the same yesterday, today and forever (I John 4:16; Hebrews 13:8).

“Bearing one another’s burdens” is not to rack up Brownie points or polish any apples, but comes out of a sincere love for the burdened. If we have the love of Christ in our heart, doing good just comes naturally. It is a natural outflow of God’s love. Faith, love and good deeds go together.

The Love Of God
Frederick M. Lehman

The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell,
It goes beyond the highest star and reaches to the lowest hell;
The guilty pair, bowed down with care, God gave his Son to win;
His erring child He reconciled and pardoned from his sin.

When years of time shall pass away and earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,
When men, who here refuse to pray, on rocks and hills and mountains call;
God’s love so sure shall still endure, all measureless and strong;
Redeeming grace to Adam’s race – the saints’ and angels’ song.

Could we with ink the ocean fill and were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill and every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry,
Nor could the scroll contain the whole though stretched from sky to sky.

O love of God, How rich and pure! How measureless and strong!
It shall for evermore endure – the saints’ and angels’ song.

O TO BE LIKE HIM!!