The Good Undone: A Reflection

God is the source of all good and everything that is good. His generosity has stamped in us all the things that we enjoy... things that we get all along in this life equipping us with fulfilment.

Having to consider this, we know that the good God wants us to do good as well. And He started this by letting us know which is righteous and which is not. In many biblical stories and life tales, God’s anger against the doers of sin is very transparent. We could then conclude that He resents sins and unrighteousness.

This very reason makes many believers do the desires of God, which is to follow His will all the time and always. But there is a thing that we have to be aware of... thing very important yet many of us ignore about.

Doing the “good” never stops at “not doing the wrong things”. Bear in mind that as it is written in the Book of James 4:17, when we know what is good and yet we do not do it, we sin.

In my life as a servant of God, I always know that what pleases God is when I spread to all people His goodness and His gospel and His salvation. For so long years I know this basic responsibility being a true servant of God. And yet at several times, I opt to go silent about this.

I am afraid that I might compromise whenever I join my unbeliever friends. Never did I think that it always is a good opportunity for me to do the work of God. I usually tend to be separating myself from them and then isolate myself in silence just so I cannot slip in sin.

Now, what do I call this? Selfishness.

I keep myself not to sin while I let others continue in sin. I detach myself from doers of sin because I do not want to sin while I do not tell them that they are sinning. Well in this case, I sin.
1. Selfishness is a sin
2. Not doing what is good is a sin

This verse in the Book of James reminds me that keeping in silence would spare me from sinning. In fact, doing more so, the more I sin. Whenever God’s servants don’t do their purposes and responsibilities, they sin.

Let it be an awakening. We are gifted with the knowledge about God, knowledge about His salvation and the knowledge about His truth. Let this not be kept in and not shared. Remember God didn’t keep it from us. He widely opened our eyes with this truth. Now it is our time to let God open others’ hearts to this.

And again, when we know which is good and we do not do it, we sin!