Sunday Devotion · June 2026
Do Not
Grow Weary
07 June 2026 · Sunday Service
Opening
There are seasons when doing good feels costly. When kindness goes unnoticed. When you keep showing up — for people, for God, for the work He has placed in your hands — and the fruit of it all still seems so far away. I have been there. And I suspect you have too.
This passage in Galatians is both a promise and a call to action. Paul does not sugarcoat it — he acknowledges the weariness. He knows the temptation to stop. But woven into his warning is something tender: at the proper time, you will reap — if you do not give up.
The Promise & The Call
Paul's words carry the weight of someone who has lived this. He is not writing from a place of ease — he is writing to a church that is tired, a people tempted to quit. And his answer is not a motivational push, but a theological anchor: the harvest is coming.
The call to action follows naturally from the promise. Because the harvest is certain, we keep sowing. Because God sees, we do not need an audience. Because the proper time is in His hands, we release the timeline and simply remain faithful in the doing.
Three Truths to Hold On To
From this passage, three anchoring truths rise up for anyone who is growing weary in the work of goodness:
Kindness is not a feeling — it is a practice. Some days it flows easily; other days it is a quiet act of will. Paul calls us to persevere in it, not because it is always easy, but because it is always worth it. Perseverance only makes sense when you believe the promise attached to it.
The instruction is wide — do good to all people. No exceptions, no categories of worthiness. But there is a particular emphasis: especially to those who belong to the family of believers. The church is meant to be a community where people tangibly experience God's love through one another.
— Galatians 6:10Nothing is wasted. Every act of love planted in faithfulness is a seed in soil that God tends. The harvest may not look the way we imagine, and it may not come when we expect — but it will come. And that is enough to keep going.
Reflection
What Are You Sowing in Secret?
The meal prepared when you were tired. The encouraging word spoken when you had little encouragement yourself. The prayer offered for someone who did not know you were praying. The gentleness chosen when frustration would have been easier. God sees all of it.
Today, ask yourself: Where have I been growing weary in doing good? And then ask God to renew your strength — not so you can perform better, but so you can keep trusting Him with the harvest.
A Closing Prayer
Lord, there are days when doing good feels like too much. When I am tired of giving and not yet seeing the fruit of it. Remind me in those moments that You see — that not a single act of love done in Your name is invisible to You.
Strengthen me to persevere in kindness. Give me a heart that loves the family of faith well, and that extends that same love outward without condition.
When the harvest finally comes, let it be clear to everyone that it was never by my own strength — but by Your grace alone.
Help me not to give up. Amen.
"At the proper time we will reap a harvest
if we do not give up."
Galatians 6:9