Stop and help

For every movie there's a short descriptive blurb telling us the gist of the story. For the great movie War Room the blurb is: 'Prayer is a powerful weapon'. If we haven't seen the movie, it's about a lady who battles to save her marriage through prayer in a room (the 'war room') in her house.

If we could choose a Bible verse blurb to describe Jesus' 'earthly business', it might be: 'Jesus went around doing good' (Acts 10:38 NLT). The full verse is: 'God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.' What does it mean that Jesus 'went around doing good'? The Gospel books Matthew, Mark, Luke and John show Jesus doing good - praying for people, loving the unloved, showing the heart of his Father through his words and deeds.

What stands out about Jesus doing good is that he was often interrupted while he was going somewhere else. He had plans, but needy, broken people stopped him to ask for help. Much of the good Jesus did was done when he let himself be stopped. It mightn't have looked like he had a plan - but that was the plan. To stop and help.



So what now? If you start your day with a prayer like 'God, help me to do good today,' keep your eyes open for those opportunities. Instead of ignoring an interruption on your way somewhere else, stop - like Jesus did - and help someone in need.





— SCRIPTURE —

'Jesus went around doing good.' Acts 10:38 NLT
— SOULFOOD —

Matt 21:1-16, Ps 118:19-29