Moving OnSample

In ancient times, people operated with a payback mindset. That just means if someone hurt you, you could hurt them back. You could do to others what was done to you. In other words, it was all about revenge. While that may sound extreme, so many of us live with the same mindset. While we may never actually act on it—we may never pay back wrong with wrong—we certainly want to! Paul, the writer of this verse, reminds us that God calls us to something different: to do what is good. When we choose goodness over payback, we’re not only helping ourselves move on, but we’re choosing God’s best for our lives, too.

Talk with your small group leader this week about what it might look like for you to choose to do what is good for someone instead of getting payback.