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I don’t know about you, but I fall short in a million little ways every day. I worry. I lose my cool. I act selfishly. And that’s all before 10AM!
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And ___ __ ___ ____ _____ of _____ ____, for in ___ ______ __ will ____, if we do not ____ __.
Galatians 6:9
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CONTEXT 📕
As we’ve seen this week, Galatians 6:9 talks of not giving up or growing weary, but to keep doing good.
This sounds great, of course, but what does it really look like?
I don’t know about you but when I’ve had a particularly long or difficult workday, it becomes hard to ‘do good’.
I can be irritable or snap at my husband, and then he asks, ‘Why the spice?’
When I get like this, I close my eyes, apologize, take a deep breath, and try a softer approach.
Jesus gives us something simple to hold on to when it comes to doing good:
And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
These teachings and life of Jesus are echoed throughout Galatians 6.
The focus is on loving God and loving people by:
bearing one another’s burdens (Galatians 6:2)
putting others above and humbling ourselves (v3)
being generous with others — especially our spiritual teachers (v6)
sowing to the Spirit and focusing on eternal life (v8)
Consider how Jesus did all of this first:
He bore the burden of our sin to the cross.
He humbled himself in becoming human.
He was generous, hospitable, and welcoming.
He regularly withdrew from the crowds to connect with the Father and he taught about eternal life.
Hebrews 12 articulates how to not grow weary:
Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.
We endure & persevere by fixing our eyes on Jesus.
The good news of the gospel is that Jesus has already walked this path perfectly for us.
He bore our sin, secured our salvation, and now strengthens us by his Spirit as we follow in his footsteps.
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🤔 Reflect
Throughout his ministry, how did Jesus model what ‘doing good’ means?
🏃♂ Act
Choose a way to “do good” today and be on the lookout for an opportunity:
If you get worked up, breathe and look to Jesus.
If someone is going through something difficult, sit with them and bear their burden.
If you have a little extra, be generous with a colleague, neighbor, or family member.
🙏 Pray
Father, please help me remember the greatest commandment: to love you and love people. It’s not always easy to show love and do good to others. Would you enlarge my heart and fill it with more of your endless love? Turn my eyes to Jesus, especially when I start to get weary. Amen.
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Today’s article helped me to refocus on what I need to continue doing, faithfully, despite a few momentary or perhaps long-term trials I might have to endure. My focus must be Jesus and Him alone and I must continue to serve Him and others with all the strength and power He gives me in my remaining days.
— A Malachi Daily reader
He gives me the strength daily to raise 4 great grandchildren, ages 3 to 13. At 72 years of age, the task is rarely easy but He is faithful to supply my needs.
— Patty, GA
ANSWER KEY ✅
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9
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Best,
The Malachi Daily team 🙏
Today’s Contributors
Eljoh is a South African writer, editor, and artist with a Master’s in Practical Theology. She creates resources to help believers of all ages abide in Christ and grow in faith. Explore more free resources and creative tools at Vine Creative Studio.
Kieran is a husband and father living in NJ. In addition to Malachi Daily, he writes a personal newsletter about the intersection of faith, fatherhood and entrepreneurship.
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