Friday... But I am so tired of being good.

I know that is true if you are a child especially in these beginning days of school. But I know it is also true with adults in the United States during this period of selecting a new President. We really can be really bad to those on the other side. And it can also really be hard when we in the church are having major disagreements.

Yes, we can be so tired at being good but the Apostle Paul says in Galatians 6:9 (AMP), "Let us not grow weary or become discouraged in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, if we do not give in." The Message says, "So let's not allow ourselves to get fatigue doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don't give up"

Yes, it is so difficult being good with all this stuff around us. Do you know what my teacher wants me to do? Do you know what they are saying on the other side? But we Christ followers are to "not get tired of doing good." (NLT)

Now our kids embarrass us if they are not being good at school but what does God feel when his followers are having trouble in their being good? We don't so many times make him look good with our actions and our reactions, do we?.

Verses 9-10 in the New Living Translation says, "So let's not get tired of doing good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up. Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone - especially to those in the family of faith."

And I think we as the church have a great opportunity to show we are different because the Holy Spirit is living in and through us.

Verse 8 says, "Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit."

You see, having the Spirit living in and through us makes such a difference. God's Spirit really does make a difference in how we react. And then verse 9 says, "So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing."

Being good is a great way for us who have God's Spirit in us to show how He makes such a difference in how we act and how we react. And also remember, there is a great reward, "a harvest of blessing." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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