Galatians 6:10 … For the Good of All (10/12/16)
“Whenever we have an opportunity,
let us work for the Good of all.”
~ Paul (Galatians 6:10)
Like so many I know (Christian & non-Christian alike), Paul assumes here that we only have a sporadic sprinkling of opportunities to serve others – that we must first & foremost care for ourselves and fulfill our duties to friends and family, and that we can only care for strangers and beautify our communities and forgive our enemies at some point thereafter … And, as is so often the case, this approach is actually the exact opposite of what Jesus would have us all do …
For Jesus would remind us that we always have the opportunity to sacrifice our own wishes &/or set aside our own ambitions &/or delay our commitments in order to help a stranger in need, or help our community to rise up into functioning beauty, or ease the (often subtle, even unrecognized) guilt of those who have trespassed against us.
Indeed, Jesus would remind us that it is actually our greatest Blessing to be able to give to others in every single moment of our lives – especially in those moments when we are “too tired” or “too scared” or “too poor” or have “something more important” to do.
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