Doing Good Straightway

The Christian, sanctified by the grace of God, has a principle engrafted in him, which is a ready and active principle; being converted himself, he is anxious to be the instrument of converting others. The present moment of his life is the time to do good; the place where he is, is the locality for his labour of love; the mode of doing good will arise from the circumstances with which he is associated. He waits not for a more convenient season; he delays not for better opportunities.

Objections may rise up in terrific vision before him; obstacles may present themselves which he may not know how to surmount; the tempter suggests to him to delay his work; his natural indolence and inactivity claim their hitherto unmolested sway; he is to be accounted a visionary, an enthusiast, an attempter of impossibilities, and a meddler with a world that wishes to be let alone; he is scorned and derided as injudicious, and over-zealous, and righteous overmuch. But he has received the truth as it is in Jesus; and he has received grace and power faithfully to fulfil what he knows he ought to do; and, influenced by the Holy Spirit, he goes about doing good straightway.