There’s a quote that often floats through the church halls, woven into mission statements and tucked into devotionals. It’s attributed to John Wesley, but even if the words weren’t originally his, their weight is unmistakably gospel-rooted:

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”

At first glance, it sounds like an overwhelming charge. How can we possibly do all the good, all the time? But maybe it’s not about perfection. Maybe it’s an invitation to presence. A call to be awake to the small, sacred moments where love is needed—and to show up there.

Jesus Himself lived this way. He didn’t rush past the wounded man by the roadside. He didn’t ignore the woman at the well, the leper cast out, or the children tugging at His robe. His ministry was marked not just by sermons but by stops—by interruptions, by noticing, by doing good when He could, where He could.

And He calls us to do the same.

“Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” — Galatians 6:9

In a world that often feels overwhelming—war, injustice, hunger, loneliness—it’s tempting to believe our little bit of good won’t make much of a dent. But light never needs to outshine the darkness to matter. It only needs to shine.

So we hold the door open. We send the text. We check on the neighbor. We speak the kind word. We give the extra coat. We choose mercy when judgment would be easier.

None of this goes unseen by the One who said, “Whatever you did for the least of these… you did for Me.”

We don’t have to do everything. But we are called to do something—whatever good we can, wherever we are, for as long as we are given breath.

Not to earn favor. Not to be noticed. But because love compels us. Because we are loved by a God who came near, and now invites us to go and do likewise.

So today, may we live this kind of faith:
Active.
Attuned.
Available.

And may our lives whisper this truth everywhere we go:
Love was here.