Rays of Hope ~ Tim Stockton
In Galatians 6:9 we are encouraged, “Let us not grow weary in well doing for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” First, what exactly is well doing? It is doing the right thing. Doing what is virtuous and/or having good conduct. Some may say this is all relative, but not really. All that is good and right is found within the Bible. It is absolute truth and to go against the truth of it is not being virtuous, nor having good conduct. We are encouraged to not grow weary in doing these such “good things.” This means there is a possibility that we can grow weary being very tired and even exhausted.
There have been times that we may have tried and tried to be good to others and get nothing good back in return. Just because we are good to others doesn’t mean people will show the same kindness back. There are a couple irrational beliefs that we could have that can lead us down some faulty ways of thinking such as; “everyone should always be nice to me especially if I am nice to them; or Life should be fair and therefore if I treat others kindly then they will be kind back to me.”
We are to treat others the way we want to be treated and as much as it is possible we are to live at peace with others. When we put out good and things that are positive we shall reap back ways that are positive. Possibly not from the ones we have given it out too, but from others. God Himself will be the one to bring about blessings to us even if people don’t reciprocate it.
We are to “faint not” which means a loss of temporary consciousness that can cause us to fall. Due to our bad choices and possible sins that can so easily beset us we can grow weary in well doing and temporarily fall. However, we have to trust in the Lord and remember Psalm 37:24 which lets us know, “The steps of a good person are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in their ways. Though they fall, they shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord will uphold them with His hand.”
~TRS Originally written August 2021
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