Good

August 28

What is good? Everyone wants to see good things happen for himself and for those he loves. Everyone wants to live a good life. Are we all on the same page when we wish for those good things?

Some people apply themselves diligently to their careers, believing that to reach the pinnacle of success in their chosen profession is to achieve a good goal. Some people invest themselves in relationships with the hope that to do so is will be to ingratiate themselves to the people who are important to them.

Psalm 112:5 promises that, “Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, to him who conducts his affairs with justice.” This seems to say that kindness and honor are at the core of any truly good outcome in a life. Proverbs 11:25 says, “A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.”

Taken in concert, these two scriptures give us to understand that the one whose motivation is selfless, the one whose actions are orchestrated to honor God by being kind and generous to people who the Lord loves, the one who spends himself for the Kingdom of God is the one who ultimately reaps good—who reaps true rewards.