Day Thirty One - Do a Good Work
Galatians 6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
We all have our duties and our chores. Hopefully we share the work load at work and at home and do our part of the assignments. Marriage is not a fifty/fifty proposition. In order for our marriages to work, we have to be willing to bear one another’s burdens (Galatians 6:2), which means often doing more than our share. Many men and women feel that an assignment is the husband’s job or the wife’s job. Men don’t wash dishes, and we don’t do the laundry (with good reason). Women don’t clean the garage or the car. That’s the man’s job and his territory.
What would my parents think if I did something that they normally do without them asking me to do it? What would my mate think if they came into the kitchen and found that the dishes were already done or that the car was cleaned out?
We don’t think that way because we barely have time to get all of our own work done let alone do the work of another. But it says something when we think about the other instead of thinking of ourselves. We read,
Philippians 2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
The old nature looks only at “my own things.” God wants us to think about others and esteem them higher than we esteem ourselves.
When I was growing up, there was a phrase that my dad put on the bathroom mirror. He may have put it there because we only had one bathroom in the house with five children. It read, “God is first, everyone else is second, I am last.” He wanted us to see the needs of others more important than our own needs. It is one of the ways that we can clearly show that we love other people.
An Exercise to increase our Faith: Think of one thing that you could do for someone you love. Then… Do it! Say by your actions as well as your words that you love them and want to take some of their burdens and make them your own. 
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