Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. Proverbs 3:27

Matthew Henry wrote: "Wherever the Providence of God casts us, we should desire and endeavor to be useful; and, when we cannot do the good we would, we must be ready to do the good we can. And he that is faithful in a little shall be entrusted with more."

That thought moves me.

If you can't do the good you would, do the good you can.

You may have had big-time plans in your life—major league dreams that haven't panned out.

You were going to write a best-selling book, but the opportunities just haven't come along. Are you willing to write for your church newsletter?

Maybe you wanted to teach in seminary or Bible school, but the pressures of life forced you in a different direction. Are you willing to teach a Sunday school class?

Maybe you'd hoped to be a missionary . . . but for one reason or another, that door has never opened… Are you open to working with people in your own city?

“When we cannot do the good we would, we must be ready to do the good we can.”

—Matthew Henry