Just do it [again]!

In Luke 10 we read the about the occasion in which Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan in response to one of the questions posed by the religious scholars. While they were trying to trick him the scholar in question could have asked him anything but in the heat of the moment his question was how can we please God (i.e. out of all the commandments which ones would please God the most if we followed them). Surely, if nothing else, this reveals an underlying desire in this man to please God; it was a battle that raged within him. Is this so different from us?

In the end Jesus concluded his illustration of how we are to respond to our ‘neighbours’ by saying, "Go and do likewise." (Luke 10:37 NIV)

Once more I have found these words to be tremendously powerful. God is not interested in you agreeing with Him; He wants you to do something. When faced with the option of doing something [no matter how little] for God our ‘inferiority complex’ kicks in: ‘I’m not good enough to do that, I’m going to have to pray about it.’
We are good enough because [incredibly] we have been made righteous through Christ (which is the only way because none are good except God!). In the end Jesus will never be happy if we listen and accept the truth encapsulated in the story of the Good Samaritan, and even tell others about it, if we do not actually do it ourselves. Our faith is living, anything living does stuff, therefore we should do stuff [in faith].

Unless we do as Jesus did nothing will ever change [not in our lives or the lives of those around us].
I do not want nothing to happen because I didn’t do anything, especially after Jesus asked me to. If you have read Jesus words above then he has just asked you too.

-Andrew Carey