Do something

James 4:17 says, Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins. That's an easy verse to just read over, but what if someone actually said that to you today? "Hey dude, you should've helped that older gentleman at Wal-Mart yesterday...you sinner." "Hey man, you had the opportunity to spend time with your son yesterday and you passed it up...you sinner." If somebody spit out comments like that to us today we would refer to them as judgmental, pharisitical trash. The amazing thing is these words come straight from the brother of Jesus. James was one of the brothers that wanted nothing to do with Jesus and thought He was crazy. However, James experienced major life change and realized the importance of not just eliminating sin, but doing good. We are so good as Christians at eliminating stuff. We have put so much emphasis on avoiding evil that we have become blind to the endless opportunities of doing good. We define holiness from what we seperate ourselves from rather than what we can give ourselves to. For most of us, it's not the sins we commit that is the great tragedy, but the opportunities we miss. James says we should do something. When you see an opportunity to do something good, do it. How's your holiness?