Series: Youth for Jesus
Number: Vol. 9, No. 6
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” (Gal 6:9NIV)
Who is Paul talking to in our opening text? All God’s people! And what is he saying to us? It is that we should not become weary or tired in doing good to others.Now if it is not possible for us to become tired in doing good, Paul will not say that we should not become tired in doing good.
For instance, if people will not appreciate the good things we are doing to them or for them, we can become tired of doing good to others.Also, if people are paying us back with evil for the good we are doing to them or if they are taking undue advantage of our generosity to them, we may tell ourselves that we have done enough.
In other words, we may not be inspired to do good to any other person in any serious way again. And that will be because we are already hurt.Then if we are not receiving or experiencing much acts of goodness from others, we may not feel encouraged to continue to do good to others.
In fact, we may, in such situations, assume that God is not paying attention to our good works, so that He may reward us for them.But the word of God to us in our opening text is that we should not become tired of doing good to others. Why? The reason is that God will surely reward us for all our acts of goodness at the right time. That means if we are not yet getting rewarded by God for any of our acts of goodness, the reason is that the time is not ripe. When the time is ripe, He will surely reward us for each of them, if we do not give up.
So, regardless of people’s attitude towards our good works, whether good or bad, we should not become tired of doing good. On the contrary, we should be like our Lord Jesus who continued to go about doing good, even though He was being persecuted and insulted for doing so. And just as God honoured Him for it at the right time, He will honour us too at the right time for whatever good we do, irrespective of people’s attitude towards us.
But then, we too should be careful of paying attention to people’s attitude towards our acts of goodness. Otherwise, we may fall into the trap of the praise or approval of men. Then we may lose whatever reward we may hope to receive from God for our good works.
Cheers!
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