Keep up the good work

Олексій • 9 months назад

Do you remember the last time you were exhausted? Maybe you’ve been working on a complex project all day or week. You may have felt drained after helping other people in your life. Or maybe difficult situations and failures have made you think about giving up. We all get tired sometime.

Paul, the author of the Epistle to the Galatians, knew that the people to whom he was writing would also tire of their work. In Paul’s day, people were being persecuted and hurt, and Paul wrote to encourage them in the work they were doing.

Hidden within Paul’s encouragement to the Galatians is this truth:

Even good people get tired of doing good things.

That is why Paul calls everyone to do good. We must continue to help people. We must continue to share the hope of Jesus with people. We must continue to try to live the way God wants us to live.

God knows we’ll get tired eventually. And when we get tired and frustrated, we probably start asking ourselves why we’re doing all this at all (maybe you’ve already asked yourself).

But Galatians 6:9 calls us to persevere in good works. Just as a farmer must work diligently to sow his crop and wait months before the actual harvest, Paul says that the harvest will be for those who do not give up.

Like the Christians in Galatia, we too must persevere in living godly lives and helping others. If we do not give up, the scriptures say there is a reward waiting for us. We may receive this reward during our time on earth or in heaven, but regardless of when we receive it, we must persevere in doing good.

It means that what you do matters. There is value in the way you live and love others.

So take some time today to reflect on what you have done and can continue to do for others. Who can you help? Who can you share your hope in Jesus with? How can you persevere in living a godly life?

If you feel tired or defeated, make a commitment today to never give up. Choose to persevere in whatever season of life you are in, knowing that there will be a harvest for those who make it to the finish line.