Do Not Grow Weary

Paul writes to people who are tired. Doing good week after week, especially when nobody notices, wears the soul down. His encouragement is short and firm: let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. The farming image is honest. Seed is buried and nothing shows for a long time, then fruit comes in season. He adds a very practical corollary: as we have opportunity, do good to everyone, especially to the family of believers. Opportunity is the key word. We rarely get grand chances, but we are given ordinary ones every day: a door to hold, an encouraging note, a meal, a listening ear. Today, choose one person who has been quietly serving and thank them specifically. Then do one unseen act of kindness for someone else, without mentioning it.