The Gift Everybody Needs

You wonder after reading the title what the answer is? I was too... and it is so simple and beautiful.

Find somebody to be good to everyday.

I just read something that's truly remarkable and meaningful, relevant to every human being in this universe. I wish everyone would dedicate two minutes to read the entire write-up by Joel Osteen and try to live a lifetime abiding by it. Then, yes... at the end of this journey called life, we could say that we have lived a meaningful life.

For the complete article click here or continue on this web page for some of the highlights from that article.

Scripture teaches "Every opportunity we have we should do good to people" (see Galatians 6:10). That means we need to be on the lookout. We need to be proactive. We need to have the mindset of, "Who can I bless today?" "For whom can I do a favor?" You can't just sit back and wait for the need to come to you. You have to go after it.
John Bunyan, author of the classic Pilgrim's Progress said, "You have not lived today until you have done something for someone that cannot pay you back."

Jesus said. "When you do it to the least of one of these, it's like you're doing it unto Me," (see Matthew 25:40). Proverbs 19:17 says, "He who is gracious to a poor man lends to the LORD, and He will repay him for his good deed." When you give to those in need, you are lending to God. And God knows how to pay you back–with interest!

You are never more like God than when you give. You're never more like God than when you take time for people, than when you do something to bless someone else.

And not just in the big things. Learn to be good to people in your everyday life. When you stop to get a cup of coffee at work, bring your coworker back a cup, too. When traffic backs up on the freeway, let that car into the lane in front of you. At the grocery store, when you have a bunch of groceries and somebody behind you has just a few, let them go ahead of you. Or how about in the parking lot, when you pull up to that last front row parking space at the same time as another car? Why don't you back up and let them have that space?

Do you want another simple way of blessing someone? When you're at a restaurant, be a good tipper. Don't leave that server a dollar bill when you just spent thirty dollars to eat.

God's people believe in being good to people. We believe in showing God's kindness wherever we go.

Love is seen in our actions. This world does not need to hear another sermon nearly as much as it needs to see us being good to people.

As you move on from here, i pray and hope that this message touches your soul and changes your life. You have turned over a new leaf right now, right here.