Question:
Can we also do good when doing bad?
Answer:
God can bring good out of our mistakes.
Moses hit the rock instead of speaking to it, but the water still came out:
“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. . . . And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also” (Numbers 20:7-8, 11).
Peter cut off the servant of the high priest’s ear, but glory was brought to God by healing the ear:
“Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus” (John 18:10). “And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And He touched his ear, and healed him” (Luke 22:51).
What can we do before we act?—Pray.
What happens if we pray and still mess up? We should act according to the principles of the Word. We don’t need to pray about things that we are told in the Word to do or not to do. Just do (or don’t do) them.