Galatians 6:9-10 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. English Standard Version (ESV)
Yesterday's verses began with "walk in wisdom towards outsiders". In The Message paraphrase, today's verse ends with "starting with the people closest to us in the community of faith." We are to be doing good, doing God's work, ministering to His people while being ambassadors to everyone. Doing good to all should be our motive. We should have in mind in any situation, what is the right thing to do, the best thing to do, the good thing to do.
In Charles Swindoll's paraphrase of this he writes, "You wrongdoers, go ahead and keep doing wrong. Just see what happens…. As for you righteous and holy saints, keep practicing righteousness, keep being holy – and you'll get your reward in due time." We aren't to be concerned about how someone may seem to be "getting ahead" by doing wrong and for certain we shouldn't be joining in with them. Our job is to be like Arte Johnson from an old TV show where his common line was, "just keep a goin' " , with a slight alteration we might say "just keep a doin' good."
Farmers may become discouraged when they do all the work and they don't see the crops growing as they should. But they don't stop. They keep a goin' expecting to see a harvest at the end of the season. So it should be with us. We may not see results of our efforts, our good works now, but God does, and He'll see to it that they'll produce a crop in the end.
Blessings,
Mike
Galatians 6:6-10The Message (MSG)
6 Be very sure now, you who have been trained to a self-sufficient maturity, that you enter into a generous common life with those who have trained you, sharing all the good things that you have and experience.
7-8 Don't be misled: No one makes a fool of God. What a person plants, he will harvest. The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others—ignoring God!—harvests a crop of weeds. All he'll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God's Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life.
9-10 So let's not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don't give up, or quit. Right now, therefore, every time we get the chance, let us work for the benefit of all, starting with the people closest to us in the community of faith.
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