Doing Good

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.  Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people” Galatians 6:9-10.

I truly believe one of the most amazing aspects of the Bible is that what was written with a focus on eternity can be successfully lived out in our temporal home on earth.  God has said that we can have the kingdom of heaven on earth as a deposit of a guaranteed eternal life.  Our passage this morning is an exhortation from Paul to the Galatians.  He was telling them that much work is required in the business of God, and realized how easy it was to get discouraged.  The very people they were working so hard to win over…those who would benefit greatly…were unappreciative and self-centered.  He encouraged them to stay the course doing good…gently restoring those believers when they went astray…carrying their burdens when they were burdened themselves…taking personal responsibility with their own weaknesses.  These were a few of the ‘doing good’ attitudes which we necessary for their future rewards. 

We are faced with a multitude of discouraging circumstances and seasons in our lives.  Let’s be honest with our hearts…who doesn’t get weary from the back and forth emotions of being fed by the Word and forgetting it so quickly?  We go to God to receive His comfort and claim His promises, and by mid-morning we are tired, angry or downright despaired.  All we want to do is give in to our misery and be justified in our emotions.  But, once we choose to see our circumstances with the backdrop of the cross, we never are satisfied with remaining in our misery.  Oh, it might feel good for the day but God calls us to something beyond ourselves.  He gives us opportunities daily to do good for others…to make our own lives count for spiritual significance.  It seems to me that that anecdote for being built up and encouraged is to take the God-given opportunities of building up the lives of others through His grace and wisdom.  That is when we will reap the harvest of our rewards, some to be enjoyed and experienced on earth while others are being stored up in heaven.

“The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands” De 28:12.