What If Our Good Is Not Good Enough?

By Ianpassion

I was having my morning Thai coffee and grilled sticky rice while reflecting on our involvement in developing our communities, reaching out to the less fortunate people– the poor and the marginalized. 

It is in the nature of us to be good to someone, to a friend, or community that is suffering. However, have we ever asked ourselves: what if our good is not good enough?

There is no doubt that those who have been born in a believing household know how the Son lived when He was still on earth. For us, we chose Him as our role model. And for others who have chosen someone else, we respect. 


For the short time before the crucifixion of the Son, He had shown to us how to live a good person with a great heart for people especially the needy. Even He knew that the world would pass away and physical affliction was temporal, He still provided the solution to thousands of peoples’  physical and material needs.


As what we have observed from His life: 

He did not isolate himself from the community. He achieved spirituality by living with people and not as a hermit.

He was involved. He was immanent and available to someone who is in need. He invested his life not only to his disciples, but also to countless men, women, and children. He taught, healed, fed, and addressed peoples' needs. I think no one could fathom His humanitarian works while He was still alive. 

I think only the Son was the most approachable figure in human history. No laws or bureaucracy system separated Him from others. No uniform that made him look extraordinary or holy. He had nothing to pretend. Yet He was The King of All Kings. He lives in a community where  His life was an open book to everyone. 


In Mark 1:32-39, because of the Son's compassion and good deeds, many people in the community came seeking help from Him:

And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He departed and went out to a desolate place, and there He prayed. And Simon and those who were with Him searched for Him, and they found Him and said to Him, “Everyone is looking for you.” And He said to them, “Let us go to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.” And He went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogue and casting out demons.

After the Son finished spending time with the Father, instead of helping more people who waited for Him overnight, He left the town to go to the next town to share the Good news. 

From the passage above, the Son did not limit His goodness by only doing humanitarian work or charity. He also made it clear that He came to share the Good News - to invite people to believe Him, help them turn from their evil ways, and become the sons and daughters of the Father. 


What I think about this? 


It's not only about helping people to ease their temporal predicament but it is also all about helping mankind experience the true spiritual deliverance. Which I considered the most important need should be addressed. It is important that those who are searching may find us available and ready to help them develop an intimate relationship with their real Source. 

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