March 10

Do something about it

“As there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have” (2 Cor. 8:11).
“Be strong, and do it” (1 Chron. 28:10).
“Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it” (John 2:5).

In the beginning God looked out over the universal waste. Hopeless outlook! The Spirit of God moved over the face of the waters—order evolved out of chaos. He did something about it.
All was darkness—the deep, silent, echoless darkness of the eternities. God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. He did something about it.Every mile of human progress—whether in the realm of education, of science and invention, of the alleviation of suffering, of morals or of grace—has been hewn out, inch by inch, by people who set themselves to do something about it.


Circumstances hedge you in. You feel yourself doomed to the life of defeat. It is not true. It is not true. Rise and call upon your God. The Name of Jesus Christ still casts its sacred spell.
In His Name and for His sake, do something about it.
—Arrows.

We shall do so much in the years to come,
But what have we done today?
We shall give our gold in a princely sum,
But what did we give today?

We shall lift the heart and dry the tear,
We shall plant a hope in the place of fear,
We shall speak the words of love and cheer,
But what did we speak today?

Piety cannot consist of specific acts only, such as prayer or ritual observances, but is bound up with all actions, concomitant with all doings, accompanying and shaping all life’s business. Man’s responsibility to God is the scaffold on which he stands as daily he goes on building life. His every deed, every incident of mind, takes place on this scaffold, so that unremittingly man is at work either building up or tearing down his life, his home, his hope of God.
—Abraham Heschel.

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