Multiply // Galatians 6:10

Galatians 6:10 (NIV) | Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

Today’s verse calls us to hold in tension how God wants us to care for others. We can slip into the trap of putting one aspect over the other where we either care more for those inside or outside the church. God wants us to approach this with a both/and approach. I think the best way to think about this is we are called to make sure our family is healthy and strong because strong and healthy families are what build the vehicle by which God sends us out into the world: the Church. So, let’s take seriously the call given us by the Apostle Paul to do good to all people, especially those who are closest to us. But this can’t stay like this strictly; no, we must continue to build our relationships, so our family grows enabling us to multiply our efforts of taking the good news of Jesus to our lost and weary world.