I try to read out of the devotional Our Daily Bread every day. Today’s passage was Galatians 6:6-10. As I read verse 9 I was really struck. I’ve heard a million times that we should do good and we will receive rewards later. It’s pretty simple and thus passed over. This passage just sounds like a nice verse to memorize, and if it’s found in a devotional there’s usually a talk about how someone poured into someone’s life and didn’t see any results till years later when that person thanked them. This sounds like a pretty ‘standard’ Christian blog. But standard isn’t good enough. God didn’t call us to be standard, but to be more, so that’s what I’m going to try to do.
When doing good we need to not lose heart. I have seen so many people lose heart in doing good: friends, pastors, myself included. We know we are supposed to do good but at some point we think “This isn’t worth Continue reading
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