Do good there's a reward

I  was taught to do good to those who needed help and those who could return the favour when I needed it. I called the latter the boomerang effect ones. When I was 14 years old I volunteered in at a soup kitchen in the East Coast. The organisers would go to the supermarket and get almost expired food for free. I was part of a team of three elderly ladies that worked there. Our job was to turn the food that was brought in into a meal. First, we would throw away any food items that smelt spoiled or rotten (in the case of vegetables). Whatever remained, we would use it to make soup. One thing I loved about the place is how everyone was so peaceful and happy there. The organisation which was Christian based would also provide the volunteers with food at lunchtime. The atmosphere was beautiful and serene. Anyway, out of the vegetables we made soup which would be eaten with bread. One day, I tagged along with the team that went to the city centre in Durban. There there were poor people, some slept on the streets, while others were unemployed as a result they couldn't afford to eat. My task for that day was to pour soup in the styrofoam cups and hand it to the people who had already foamed a line. Thereafter, they would receive two slices of bread from the next volunteer. Some were thankful, others said nothing but showed a face of gratitude while others would insult you in their mother tongue thinking that you don't understand what they were saying. What they said was enough to make me change my attitude towards them. Since I was limited in my speech (I mean I came with a Christian organisation), my only vengeance was to put less soup in their cups. I opted no to do that, rather I gave them a look of disapproval to let them know I understood all they said.  Afterwards, those who wanted would sit on the grass and listen to the preacher preach.

Doing good may not buy you your salvation (Ephesians 2:9) but it has its rewards. Jesus gave a parable of a man who invited his friends for a great feast (Luke 14:15-24) and all had excuses of why they couldn't come. Eventually, the man sent his servants to invite those on the street, who people looked upon or outcasts for lack of a better word. This man invited those who could not repay him. God rewards those who do good to those who cannot pay back (Luke 14:14). When you are good to those who can pay you back, your reward is that they paid you back (Luke 14:12) and probably you find favour with them. Moreover, the bible says in my own words that there’s nothing special about that since even sinners do that (Luke 6:33).  Doing good towards your enemies (besides heaping coals on their heads) will be like acting like Christ and He will give you your reward.  The reward may not be here on earth but in heaven where I believe it is multiplied than what you gave on earth. I call this laying treasures in heaven where neither moths can eat nor thieves can break in and steal (Matthew 6:19). However, when you do good, do it out of love as Jesus did all He did out of love. Do not be weary in doing good for in the proper time we will reap a harvest (Galatians 6:9). In this world, it’s a choice to plant seeds to harvest in the next life. Therefore, do good to all even those that do not deserve it, for you shall reap the rewards.