I don’t know about you, but I find this verse a bit challenging. First of all, that word “whenever.” We won’t know when that is if we are not looking for the opportunities to help others that are right in front of us. I think I am personally so focused on what I am doing or need to do that I don’t look around me and see those opportunities that are right there for me to see if I would just open my eyes.

The other word that seems to be a challenge to me is “everyone.” I don’t think I have the ability to do good to everyone, but I do know that if each of us chooses SOMEONE every day to do good for, then that will make a big impact on the everyone we are supposed to be doing good for.

My conclusion in my meditation on this verse is that God never asks us to do something for which He does not equip us and which He knows we could never do. He has a plan, and I think His plan is for us to be more aware of the needs of others and to do as much good as we can to as many as we can. For non-believers, we can perhaps open the door to share with them the love of Christ. For believers, our family members, we can help them along the road to eternity that sometimes gets to be difficult. After all, I am sure someone has helped you at some time, with a smile or a word of encouragement that kept you going during a hard day. God’s plan is not for us to be focused inward, but to focus outward, so that the good we do will reach everyone, in some way.

What do you think about this verse? Does it challenge you or inspire you? When I first read it, I felt challenged and that perhaps God was setting me up to fail. But since I know He doesn’t do that, I meditated, prayed and decided to be inspired by His Word. I’m going to look around today and find someone to do good for. How about you?