To be weary means to feel or show tiredness, especially as a result of excessive exertion or lack of sleep. Let’s be honest, in life it is easy to become weary. Sometimes it is moments; other times it is hours, days, or seasons of life. You set about to do all the good things you need to do in a day where in the process you get weary.
Moms who serve a child or children relentlessly.
Wives who demonstrate loyalty and selfless service to a husband.
Dads who serve a family.
Husbands who seek to know and love a wife.
Friends.
Family.
Employees/Employers.
Neighbors.
Church members.
Business owners.
On and on we could go.
The list never ends including cooking, laundry, alarms, schedules, conversations, serving, shopping, working, mowing, teaching, learning, reading, cleaning, being kind, patient, long-suffering, gentle, forbearing, accommodating, and ______________ (fill in the blank of good things that are required every day).
In the process of doing good, it is very easy to get weary.
In the process of doing good, it is very easy to get weary. Click To Tweet
Paul encourages you.
And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart (Gal 6:9).
Paul recognizes how easy it is for each of us to become weary. You go to bed tired and wake up tired, yet there’s more to be done. You creatively serve many but recognize there’s more you could do. You care about people who seemingly do not care if you do. You sacrificially serve others who in moments fail to demonstrate gratitude, loyalty, or similar service. You do an activity like cleaning or dishes or cooking or laundry even while realizing more is on the way. You pray, give advice, and answer questions even though the folks to whom you talk are going to do their own thing anyway. Again, this list seems endless. Yet our fundamental call is to not grow weary while doing good. You go to bed tired and wake up tired, yet there's more to be done. You creatively serve many but recognize there's more you could do. Yet our fundamental call is to not grow weary while doing good. Click To Tweet
Notice the direction of Paul’s encouragement
Paul assumes what? Paul assumes that we will continue to do good. The context is to all believers and Paul encourages us to not become wearing while we do good. The burden is doing good. The challenge is not becoming weary. The burden is doing good. The challenge is not becoming weary. Click To Tweet
What motivates our good service?
Paul begins this section by explaining that God handles our salvation for us (Gal 5:13). We do not have to spend any of our time trying to stay saved or keep God’s pleasure. Those things are realities because of Christ’s sacrificial death, burial, and resurrection. Therefore, we can spend our time serving others out of love as we walk in the Spirit.
Paul makes it clear that we share in responsibility for each other to restore, carry burdens, and to carry our own loads (Gal 6:1-5). He challenges us to sow not to the flesh but to the Spirit. He promises us that if we sow to the Spirit, we will reap of the Spirit. God notices us when we do good and allows us to reap the benefits today, while on earth, as well as the benefits in eternity. This is great news for the believer.God notices us when we do good and allows us to reap the benefits today, while on earth, as well as the benefits in eternity. This is great news for the believer. Click To Tweet
Therefore we do good as we are motivated to honor God, follow His will, and lovingly serve.
We trust God with the benefits it brings. The benefits in moments are very recognizable. In other moments, they cannot be seen, so it is just necessary to trust the faithfulness and reliability of God. We continue to do good because God is faithful. We do good because we know it honors Him. We do good because it blesses others.We continue to do good because God is faithful. We do good because we know it honors Him. We do good because it blesses others. Click To Tweet
God says we will reap if we do not lose heart. God promises and will deliver.
How can you keep from losing heart?
In the process of serving others, meditate on several key thoughts.
- God provides you strength to endure through Christ (Phil 4:13)
- God providentially works all things to His good (Rom 8:28-29).
- God limits the pressures while maximizing the grace (1 Cor 10:13).
- God is not mocked; whatever a man sows that he shall also reap (Gal 6:7).
- God is faithful to complete His good work in you (Phil 1:6).
- God created you in Christ to perform good works (Eph 2:10).
- God in the person of Christ never leaves you (Matt 28:20).
- God loves you (John 3:16; Eph 3:14-21).
- God watches over you, protects you, and listens to you (Psalm 121:5-8).
- God is covenant faithful (Psalm 136).
If you are weary and your heart is weak, meditate on these things. Call out to God in prayer. Cry. Talk. Sing. Converse with Him. He refuses to leave you. He actively watches out for you, controls the world around you, and provides for you. Do the next things that honors God. Then do the next thing. Focus on your responsibilities and let God handle the other details. Trust and depend upon the character of God, your union in Christ, and the power of the Spirit to help you, even though you do not know the outcome.
My friend, let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
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Thanks for the encouragement today, Kevin. We as encouragers sometimes need encouragement ourselves. And your thoughts on not growing weary in well doing are a helpful reminder to remain faithful to God because our labor is not in vain in the Lord. Keep serving and sharing, my brother. They are an encouragement to me as a fellow servant of Christ.
Thank you my friend for the word of encouragement! Yes, we all need the good reminder.