"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
Galatians 6:9
Normally I look at verses like this as exhortations to do good, but today it struck me that it is a command to not be weary, or perhaps in the vernacular or our day, to not get burnt out on doing good things. Sometimes doing God's will is tough, in different ways. I know on my mission, for instance, it was tough for me to go knock on doors and face rejection so often, to anticipate it and to endure it. Sometimes it paid off in terms of getting to talk to amazing, interesting people who sometimes embraced the gospel and sometimes not, but the connections and conversations were useful to God either way I believe. Looking back, I think the whole rejection thing also taught me a lot, and it was essential to my life, but in the moment, it was very easy to get "weary" of it and not want to do it.
There are a lot of things like that in life that God asks us to do. Often the benefit to others is obvious, but not always. We might not understand part of the why at the moment, but if we trust God in faith and do it anyway, because he asked us to do it, the reason and the reward will come. Almost always there is a built-in benefit for us as well, but even when there isn't, God blesses us in other ways so that our effort is more than made up. God is never in debt to us even in small ways... it is always the other way around.
Today, let's trust God about the rewards that he has promised, and not be weary, or burnt out, or frustrated, or grumpy about doing good, as we put forth effort to do as God asks. Let's endure to the end and find ourselves better people than we were, happier than we ever could have been without God's instructions, guidance, and commandments.
