FEEL GOOD DOING

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

I was honored to be a part of something called OVERCOMING this past Friday in Columbus. It was organized and presented by IGNITE (www.igniteourcity.com)

IGNITE is a band of amazing young people with a very simple message, “Helping People Help People”.

And that could have not been more evident given the 20+ agencies who filled the ballroom for networking on Friday.  Sober living, mental health, clinics, prevention teams, our Attorney General’s office, and many more were there.  IGNITE brought the “helping people” together with one very specific and very intentional objective, to link and help them HELP others.

Thomas Jefferson once uttered,

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

There IS great reward in “helping others”.  There is.

It is not only good for our brain health (which by the way is scientifically supported) but our SPIRIT HEALTH as well!

God is fair, and he will remember all the work you have done. He will remember that you showed your love to him by helping his people and that you continue to help them. - Hebrews 6:10 (ERV)

I appreciate that little nugget from the writer of Hebrews today.

THAT GOD looks down at us FAVORABLY and is deeply mindful of the HOW WE LOVED HIM by LOVING and HELPING others.

Yet while at this amazing event one of the organizers, a powerful dynamo of love for GOD and others, was a little “down”.  She had worked so hard and wanted a record turnout.  And while the Lincoln Theater was by no means empty, she was a little disappointed that MORE weren’t there.

There were amazing testimonies of deliverance, opportunities for connection and help, and leaders willing to wade into the challenges of the community to make a difference in the name of JESUS and she was sad more didn’t get their chance to be helped and inspired.

It was then I reminded her that NOT one good word or deed would go unnoticed by the LORD Himself and that if ALL she was organizing and sharing WAS unto the LORD, that the RIGHT AUDIENCE was there and for her to leave the rest, the IMPACT to GOD.  (Philippians 2:13)

She had clearly done her best.

I have been to roughly 90 events in 2016 and this one was top drawer. 

She had SERVED GOD and SERVED HIM WELL!

And as we were talking I was reminded of a lesson that a former colleague and friend had shared with me some time ago. That WHEN our “GOOD DOING” is UNTO the FATHER, we can be relieved of the outcomes of the work; we can confidently leave them in the hands of the Lord.

And that ties back to that little verse from Hebrews.  GOD will remember the WORK we do.  He IS PLEASED when we GLORIFY Him by doing what He asked us to do; love others.

So, let’s…

…be humble, and honor others more than yourselves. 4 Don’t be interested only in your own life, but care about the lives of others too. Philippians 2:3-4 (ERV)

 …and do a little GOOD in the name of Jesus today. 

GOD will be pleased.  

Others will be loved and helped. 

And as Jefferson surmised, it will make you feel good too.

I love you all…

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