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The Power of Perseverance in Doing Good: A Biblical Perspective
Are you ever called a ‘do-gooder’ or a ‘goodie two shoe… (visit YouTube for more)
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Have you ever been accused of being a do-gooder or a goodie two shoes? I would take that insult and lean into it as Paul recommends to us in Galatians six verse nine. And let us not grow weary of doing good for in due season we will reap if we do not give up.
There are many reasons for doing good in this world. We shouldn’t be doing good because of how it makes us look, because that’s just self-righteousness, which is no righteousness at all. But Paul singles out a particular reason: that as we do good, there will eventually be a harvest in due season. Perhaps not when we’re looking for it, but ultimately there will be a harvest.
So as you plant a seed, you may get multiple fruits from that single seed. As we do a good work, there’s much fruit that comes from that good work. But it takes time and seasons to see that fruit emerge.
And Paul says, don’t get weary of this. It’s very easy, isn’t it, to get tired of keeping on, keeping on. Particularly if we don’t get any thanks, and particularly if it feels like we’re not seeing any results.
We live in a society that’s very results driven. That’s not the point. Ultimately, whatever we’re doing for good, we’re doing it for God. And whatever harvest is to come, that will be in accordance with his will and his purposes.
So my friends take heart. Keep going. God sees you. He sees what you are doing, and he will honour that. He will say, “Well done good and faithful servant. Thank you for doing these things. You did them for me.”
Let us not grow weary of doing good for in due season we will reap if we do not give up. That is a promise for us, straight out of scripture.
