Do Not Grow Weary of Doing Good

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If you are like me, who likes reading the Bible more frequently, especially the New Testament, you’ll realise that Jesus stresses so much on us, believers, extending our good deeds to diverse kinds of people by love. But in reality, it’s not so easy to keep doing good in a world that lies in wickedness (see 1 John 5:19). Who you do good to today can turn out to be your enemy tomorrow. And to tell you the truth, many people have experienced this and have since stopped helping needy people, even if they have more money.

The case of the Galatian church

In Galatians 6:9, Paul implored the believers in the Galatian church, saying they should not grow weary of doing good. But why? For in due season, they shall reap a harvest if they don’t lose heart. This, in fact, is one of the most encouraging verses in the Bible, especially to those heartbroken by others who have repaid evil for the good they did for them.

As a believing employer, you may experience slow business growth because your employees may not do what they are employed to do well in your absence, which is very bad. As a believing philanthropist, a person you may have sponsored one’s tertiary education may not even recognise what you did. Yes, these things are heartbreaking. But what if I told you one truth from scripture that will make you neutral to these situations?

In the last days, men will be ungrateful

One of the seventeen common behaviours Paul listed in 2 Timothy 3:1-5 is that men will be ungrateful in the last days. We are already in the last days since the outpouring of the Spirit (see Joel 2:28-29, Acts 2:4). That means, while doing good, experiencing ungratefulness from the benefactors of your good deeds shouldn’t surprise you. For me, since I caught this revelation, I haven’t really expected a “thank you” note, text, or word from anybody I help. Catch this revelation, and it’ll make your inspiration to keep doing good not come from people’s bad behaviours and responses.

The surest way of making you and every believer not grow weary of doing good is to stay rooted in God.

More of God, less of you

The Galatian church was filled with believers who received the gospel in faith but were later drifting apart from it. That is why Paul said in Galatians 3:1-4 (NKJV) that,

[1] “O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified? [2] This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? [3] Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh? [4] Have you suffered so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?” Galatians 3:1-4 (NKJV)

I believe there are problems in every church. But the most pressing one that can harm believers is they getting deceived. Once that happens, their spiritual fervour gets attacked, and the zeal to keep doing God’s will goes down. The surest way of making you and every believer not grow weary of doing good is to stay rooted in God. Once that is in place, any bad thing that tempers with the believer’s life will be cleansed with time.

Do not lose heart

As written in Galatians 6:9, there is a due season for reaping your harvest of good deeds. Unfortunately, that season isn’t easily predictable. It’s unlike farming, where a farmer can foresee and plan a definite harvest time. For God’s reward season, it’s determined by Him. So, because of that, you must not give up. Don’t give up today or tomorrow. Keep up with your good deeds. The Lord will reward you.

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