GALATIANS 6:8-9

Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

TO PONDER

Does 'why' sometimes matter more than 'what'?

Today’s verses address our ‘why’, our reasons behind our ‘what’, our motives behind our doing. 

Sometimes doing good can have the wrong intentions. Are we doing good for what we can gain, maybe for the reward at the end of the deed? You’ll notice Paul doesn’t tell us to stop sowing but to examine the motives behind our sowing. We are always sowing, every day, everything we do plants seeds and will eventually culminate in a crop, a reaping and our motives do dictate whether we will reap a good or a bad crop.

Believe it or not, this is a great lesson in ‘grace’. See grace is not against doing good, it’s not against works but rather grace empowers us ‘to do good works’ (Eph 2:10). Grace is against earning not against doing.

Today’s reading ends by encouraging us not to become wearing in doing good, our good works will reap a harvest.

PRAYER

Loving God, I pray that I won’t grow weary in doing good and thank you for the harvest that will result from doing those good works you prepared in advance for me. Amen.

Today's devotion provided by Danny Brock, LifeWay Westside Church Planter.