Acts 16:1-10 / John 15:18-21
The world has come to such a state that doing good may lead to some kind of misunderstanding.
Maybe there is just too much bad and wickedness around and the world is getting used to it.
So even if it is said that this world is bad and wicked, it is acceptable and no one would really make a fuss about it.
Maybe that is the obvious and glaring reality and we think it is normal.
However to be good and to do good is like an oddity and an exception.
Even to have a religion and to be religious may look like suspicious.
But that kind of world view should not deter us from being who we are and what we are called to do.
We are disciples of Jesus and we live according to His teachings and His way of life.
After all, even when Jesus was in this world, He was rejected and persecuted right to being crucified on the Cross.
But for those who accepted Jesus as Lord and Saviour, He gives them power to face and to overcome the evil in this world.
Evil and wickedness can only grow and multiply when good people do nothing about it.
By being disciples of Jesus, we want to bring goodness back into the world.
It is in doing good, that we be the witnesses of the holiness of God in this world.