August 10, 2023 - Paul wrote to the churches of Galatia and said, “And let us not be weary in well dong, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not” (Galatians 6:9)
Within all of us is a natural desire to be successful and we want to do it quickly. It is painful when repeated effort does not bring the results we desire. However, our impatience betrays a lack of faith in God. The farmer has more faith when he plants his see, trusting God will send rain and give the crop.
The tragedy is that even Christians who set their hope in God are sometimes the victims of impatience. When we are unable to convert the world, our city or even our closest neighbors, some want the Lord ot come and bring the world to an end. The Christians in Thessalonica believed the day of the Lord was just at hand. So they gave up their daily work and went about as pious busybodies. Paul wrote in II Thessalonians 3:11, “For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all but are busybodies.” Discipline was needed and Paul applied it. He would writ, “Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ that with quietness they work and eat their own bread. But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.”
There are times when we will be weary. Let’s make sure our weariness comes as a result of working for the Lord and not from being a busybody.
It’s something to think about... tbp
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