A Right Way of Doing Good?

Recently it has been evident to me about just how much the words of Jesus are so totally counter revolutionary.

As I read Jesus' word I am astounded at how he tells me to do things as a Christian that seem "upside down".

I was struck this morning by this question:"Is there a right way of doing good?"

On the surface it seems like a stupid question.

The Bible recalls this story:

He was teaching in one of the meeting places on the Sabbath. There was a woman present, so twisted and bent over with arthritis that she couldn't even look up. She had been afflicted with this for eighteen years. When Jesus saw her, he called her over. "Woman, you're free!" He laid hands on her and suddenly she was standing straight and tall, giving glory to God.

The meeting-place president, furious because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the congregation, "Six days have been defined as work days. Come on one of the six if you want to be healed, but not on the seventh, the Sabbath."

But Jesus shot back, "You frauds! Each Sabbath every one of you regularly unties your cow or donkey from its stall, leads it out for water, and thinks nothing of it. So why isn't it all right for me to untie this daughter of Abraham and lead her from the stall where Satan has had her tied these eighteen years?"

I was challenged by the point of this story.

Jesus wants me as a Christian, and all Christians to do good...always!

There might be times when it is inconvenient, or even when it may cause some offense but I should never be afraid to do what's right over what is convenient!