Proverbs 3:27-28
Cotton Mather, a Puritan preacher, once said, "The opportunity to do good imposes the obligation to do it." He is implying that we have been favored when an opportunity to serve in this manner arises. We are not to do it only when it is convenient or when it will contribute to our fame, but we should do it when we have opportunity, no matter how often it occurs or how much self-denial it takes.
John W. Ritenbaugh
The Beatitudes, Part Four: Hungering and Thirsting After Righteousness
