Seek good and not evil so that you may live, and that the Lord, God of Hosts, may really be with you as you claim he is.
Am.5:14
Seeking the good brings an immediate benefit. Life!
I claim to have the God of Hosts with me. Really? Then what good am I doing?
It seems any act of good, large or small, draws God into my life. And when God is in my life I am fully alive.
This morning my daughter needed help getting children ready for school. I must confess to a begrudging yes to that. However, my small act of "goodness" did help. They have just trundled off to school fairly painlessly and are happy. God must be smiling.
Seeking good usually means putting someone else first and me second. I'm not a natural at this, so the more practice the better.
Holy Spirit, help me develop my "seeking good" muscle so the God of Hosts may really be with me.
