Doing Good Always....

1 Thessalonians 5:15 GNB:
See that no one pays back wrong for wrong, but at all times make it your aim to do good to one another and to all people.

In a society where justice is defined as tit-for-tat, in a world system that applauds getting even or repaying someone else in his/her own coin, in an environment that celebrates evil, rewards sin and believes in reciprocal love, today's verse needs to be brought home in a real way again.
Our society does not recognise good for the sake of good; we do good to people who have been good to us. We greet people who greet us and love those who love us. We keep a tight circle of those who deserve our affection and resist those who seek to break into that tight circle. Our love has become like the air freshner dispenser, expelling freshness only when pressed and punched, and just wasting the amazing contents if nobody handles it. God never intended that what he deposited in us would be used for those who are 'likable or lovable'; he never intended that his love in our hearts will be dispensed on a reciprocal basis. His intention was that, just as he had loved us unconditionally and unequivocally, we also will extend the same love, the same affection and the same favour to others, afterall, when he died for us, nobody deserved it. We weren't even aware of the great sacrifices he made or the pains he bore, but he did it for us all the same. That is love in action.
That is the standard. Love is not conditional, love is not dependent on a reciprocal feeling. Love is simply because love is, not because it has received the same love in return.
May God teach us to love just as he does,so that our lives can enjoy his favour and make the impact we were created to make. His time of favour is here.