There is temptation to weariness in "well-doing" from the very number of methods by which it may be persued.IV. Our ways of doing good may often be antiquated and cumbrous. And now let me request your attention to the last suggestion derivable from this text: That the assurance of certain reward, in connection with the fulfilment of the Christian vocation, is a sufficient motive to perseverance therein under every temptation to weariness.(C. (3)Mere duty.These will engender disappointment and therefore weariness.IV. V)LinksGalatians 6:9 NIVGalatians 6:9 NLTGalatians 6:9 ESVGalatians 6:9 NASBGalatians 6:9 KJVGalatians 6:9 Bible AppsGalatians 6:9 ParallelGalatians 6:9 Biblia ParalelaGalatians 6:9 Chinese BibleGalatians 6:9 French BibleGalatians 6:9 German BibleGalatians 6:9 CommentariesBible Hub, (2)It is indispensable to the well-being of mankind.II. The energies of goodness never rest nor take their ease.II. .'--GAL. He who loves the world, is never weary of following the world; he who loves God will never be weary of serving Him" that is the reason why the saints and angels in heaven are never weary of praising and worshipping God; because their love to God is perfect, and love turns service into delight. (2) But we must not exclude man as a responsible and immortal being. A Due Reaping. (3)Reaping is your reward, but sowing is your work.II. Good harvest time, then, has not yet arrived. The months before the ingathering may often seem long and wearisome, and verily be heart-breaking things, but God's "seasons" are not always measurable by our forecastings, even though the harvest is pledged by His oath and His promise. It is like pumping a sinking ship. If a man should set himself to improve his mind and manners simply out of a desire to be something better than he had been, he would still, in the doing, be helping others, for he would become a more valuable member of society. It may be found in the depths of the valley, amid streams and rocks, or in the city, amid lofty towers, temples, and palaces, where the "Te Deums" of thankful hearts may meet and swell into one of earth's loudest anthems before the throne of heaven.3. The PROSPECT OF REWARD. NUMB. underneath is the pure white of immortality. Sunday-school teachers may appropriate this.3. "Let us not be weary for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." HOW TO PREVENT WEARINESS IN WELL-DOING.1. The PROSPECT OF REWARD. Smyth. The injunction in the former of these verses appears, at first sight, to be inconsistent with the statement in the latter. Opportunities are few; and if we would do good, they must be seized. A third thought suggested by the view given us in the text of the Christian's vocation is that the believer is endowed, by God, with the capacity for imparting blessing to his fellow-men. Supposing that Sunday School teacher had built the pyramids, it would have been undeniably a great result of persistent labour, but it would have been such labour as would last at the longest for a limited time, and its use would be problematical, for we are not very sure why and for what the pyramids were built. Paul bore the conditions of Christ on his body. "Let us not be weary in well-doing" (Gal. A second thought which the text suggests is that the Christian vocation comprehends something more than the mere purpose, or project of good. We are constantly hearing of the disappointments which come to all Christian workers; indeed of the discouragements which come to all benevolent helpers of all kinds. I can hardly wonder that the best stand appalled before the mass of the misery and sin of society. God acts not without a plan.3. Clay Trumbull The pious Quesnel says that "God Edward M. BoundsThe Essentials of PrayerExcursus on the Use of the Word "Canon. The energies of goodness never rest nor take their ease.II. 'As we have therefore'--that points a finger backwards to what has gone before. By bearing the Cross.IV. Hence, it must appear to us that God, in His providence, has so ordered it that well-doing is neeessary to well-being. Man's life progresses, and each age has its character. vi. HOW TO PREVENT WEARINESS IN WELL-DOING.1. (1)The flesh cries out for ease. Not only is a desire for novelty sometimes the occasion of weariness in well-doing something is to be attributed to the influence of sloth. The reaping time will come.2. My little nephew was out in the garden one evening with his father sowing peas; next morning he took a basket and was going out to gather the crop, and was greatly disappointed when told the peas were not yet grown. Beecher. Yet he was not weary in well-doing.II. Watson. It represents the element of definiteness in Christianity and in the Philip SchaffThe Seven Ecumenical CouncilsHow the Married and the Single are to be Admonished. For every man shall bear his own burden.'--GAL. THE NECESSITY OF PERSEVERANCE IN WELL-DOING. The sailor thinks it a tame voyage if he never has a storm; it is the storm that rouses him to action; and the battle that brings out the soldier's energies. Do the men of the world even respect a backslider? 13, 15), or a regulative principle of Christian life (Gal. First, the rivalry of other workers forbids weariness.1. )Christian enduranceW. (3)The training of real home missionaries. (5) It is thankless work.2. (5)The difficulty of the work.III. I will make my home in these pleasant surroundings. Even here on earth, says Lord Jeffrey, "he will always see the most beauty in things whose affections are warmest and most exercised, whose imagination is the most powerful, and who has most accustomed himself to attend to the objects by which he is surrounded." Have strong faith in the promises: "My word shall not return unto Me void it shall prosper" (Isaiah 55:11). The third principle of unwearied stedfastness and increase in the work of the Lord, is a conviction of the evil of sin. It is the prospect of this that purifies the heart, and exalts the affections beyond the earth to things above. The evil to which the Christian is exposed, and against which he is cautioned weariness in well-doing.III. As to the "WELL-DOINGS" of the apostle, scarcely any doubt can be left on the mind with reference to these, if we attentively peruse the records of his commission. Help others. As to the "WELL-DOINGS" of the apostle, scarcely any doubt can be left on the mind with reference to these, if we attentively peruse the records of his commission. (1) Because such words as these are written in the Bible (Matthew 18:21-35). But Paul has a way of setting side by side two superficially contradictory clauses, in order that attention may be awakened, and that we may make an effort to apprehend the point of reconciliation between them. It is a pronominal adjective, which signifies possession; which signifies a peculiar appropriateness when it is joined with any particular substantive. Kanon, as an ecclesiastical term, has a very interesting history. No, says God, that is not what I mean for you. Social duties and relationships.4. He suc-ceeded, and the exertion of helping to save his friend, kindled a glow of warmth in himself. "Do well," is the command; and the command obviously implies that those to whom it is addressed have the power to do well are, in other words, invested with an ability to benefit and bless others. vi. WebSowing and Reaping. What the apostle means by his expression, "due season." Well-doing is an important feature of the Christian character. vii. The reference in these words is probably to the cruel custom of branding slaves as we do cattle, with initials or signs, to show their ownership. And the boy looks from the beginning of his arithmetic through to the last page, and says: "I shall never get through that."2. And, on the other hand, no man can set himself to do good to others without receiving good himself. TRUE WELL-DOING BRINGS WITH IT APPROPRIATE RESULTS.1. It was David's prayer, "hold Thou me up and I shall be safe;" and it was Beza's prayer, "Lord, perfect what Thou hast begun in me." We ought not to grow weary in well-doing, for God is not weary in doing good to us. SOME PLACES WHERE WE ARE LIABLE TO GROW WEARY.1. Not ours, but2. "(1)Be graciously abundant. It is nothing for Him to speak to that child that you cannot affect, and the work is done. Paul was thus content to look forward to the time when he should reap the reward of his labours, The husbandman was first to endure toil, that afterwards he might receive the joy of the harvest.(J. Two travellers crossing the Alps were freezing to death. W. Beecher.I. IV. Our narrow views of life account for much of our weariness in well-doing. (3) This endurance is life's grand lesson. At length his faith, his patience, and his submission received their rich reward: "behold, a certain man clothed in linen" appeared to him and said. We grow weary when the work seems too large and we try to take it all in at once. These are of great extent; they are many in number, and important in their nature. Conditions of growth in grace. This is the argument urged by the apostle in our text: "for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Another principle of unwearied well-doing and increasing righteousness, is the conviction that holiness is necessary as a qualification of the Christian fellowship. W. Beecher.When I dug my well, I knew that there were rocks below, and when I had thrust down the pick and spade through the easily yielding earth until they struck the rock I found no water. No; weariness in some form or other is the result of our infirmities, and as long as human nature remains what it is, the mind and the body will sink under its pressure. The mighty name of "Christian" combines many of the strongest arguments to unwearying service.1. vi. Once more: This reward will bear some proportion to our faithfulness and diligence in our Lord's service here.Concluding admonitions:1. (2)The rearing of a generation of worship-loving people. "In due season we shall reap, if we faint not."--GAL. Now in all cases sympathy is a powerful spring of action; it interests the heart and raises every power of the soul.4. The Greek Samuel DavidsonThe Canon of the BibleThe Beautiful HagueWhen we came to the Hague, though we had heard much of it, we were not disappointed. (4) The measure in which the sorrow is mixed with sin. The Christian owes his own salvation to unwearied love and infinite sacrifice.2. It is evident the apostle referred not first to his labours. A. I MUST conclude this Course of Lectures by giving converts instructions on the subject of growth in grace. To see Him rise from His seat, and stretch out His hand, and say, "Come, thou blessed child of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. We, not our successors, will reap.3. The want of love to Christ.6. There is always a time lapse between sowing and reaping. WebGalatians 6:9 King James Version 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. I might appeal on the ground of self-interest only in well-doing can we develop our own natures into the fulness of their powers. The Christian owes his own salvation to unwearied love and infinite sacrifice.2. What you want is, to get fresh impulse by a reconsideration of the motives by which at first you were impelled.2. 9). It is nothing for Him to speak to that child that you cannot affect, and the work is done. W. IS WELL-DOING.1. The great law of communion with Christ is that of light, purity, and righteousness, in opposition to the spiritual darkness of corruption and sin. We find St. Paul praying thrice that the thorn in the flesh might be extracted, before he received that answer which caused his soul to thrill with holy joy. The prospect of a happy issue of our labours is a strong support.4. They were less thoughtful than when she took charge of them. I reply something is to be attributed in this tendency to the love which the human mind has for novelty. "Be not weary," FOR THE MOTIVES TO CONTINUANCE IN THE RIGHT COURSE ARE AS POWERFUL AS THE MOTIVES TO COMMENCEMENT. You will be tempted to grow weary. Practically, we plan for this life and this only. On account then of these either occupations of the servants of God, or bodily infirmities, which cannot be altogether wanting, not only doth the Apostle permit the needs of saints to be supplied by good believers, but also most wholesomely exhorteth. The human body, therefore, must be regarded. VII How to grow in Charles Grandison FinneyLectures on Revivals of ReligionPrincely Service. . The sculptor may die, and his bust half finished be his most significant monument. It is a pronominal adjective, which signifies possession; which signifies a peculiar appropriateness when it is joined with any particular substantive. We don't know what they were saying, but we do know that of all the burdens Paul could have mentioned, he chose to mention the material burden of those who teach God's Word. God has by this promise connected our diligence in well-doing with a harvest of blessedness and of honour. 'As we have therefore'--that points a finger backwards to what has gone before. The soldier it is natural to him to be amongst bullets, and to mount up cliffs, in order to plant his standard upon castles and difficult places. The faith that saves impels to the opposite.1. Take heed of those things which will stop these channels of mourning; put yourselves upon the use of all means that will help forward holy mourning. To bear the conditions of Christ is something far greater than merely to consider those conditions. "We shall reap." And for this purpose it is not improper we should briefly touch upon the nature of the well-doing here intended, that we may be enabled the more easily to understand what it is to be weary of it. The Christian owes his own salvation to unwearied love and infinite sacrifice.2. It is just the contrary; they are given to the soul in reality. We often feel our unfitness and our unworthiness to be employed in doing good. In judicious labour.2. Hope breeds patience, and patience breeds perseverance. "Only one soul brought to Christ by all my efforts," says a discouraged Sunday School teacher. The man who labours most for the good of others is most effectively employed in training his own soul.3. He does not always, alas, do right; but it is the object of religion of revelation to induce him to do so. Simple fatigue.2. While I was doing it it was not pleasant, but after I had got through it was permanent refreshment. "We shall reap," and reap in the best time, God's time, "in due season." . "We shall reap."1. The reference in these words is probably to the cruel custom of branding slaves as we do cattle, with initials or signs, to show their ownership. Work on, work ever.(J. that silken cocoon! That we may hold on a Christian course, let us labour for three persevering graces. Having, then, assumed this, that we have learned to care for our own souls, and to regard our own immortal interests, the next point to be considered is, that we are bound to engage in "well-doing" for our fellow-creatures; for it is especially to this that the text refers. "The work of righteousness shall be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever." vii,--one of the longest in the Bible, and one full of repetition. It is not only for Christ's sake that it toils, but in Christ's spirit. All the conditions of his existence are training for his activity. Jesus Christ, to whom we are abandoned, and whom "we follow as the way, whom we hear as the truth, and who animates us as the life" (John xiv. And so we sow only that which we can reap now or that which the children in our households can reap here on earth. In all the well-doing of the Christian, in all the toil of the earnest worker for God, there is alliance with the power of the Holy Spirit, and with the purposes of God; and it would seem that the sovereignty of God has included the labours of man in its own far-reaching penetration. (2) But we must not exclude man as a responsible and immortal being. To give you an instance of the use which is always made of it, I may mention the place where we are told that the Jews found fault with Christ because He made Himself equal with God, saying that God was His Father: "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." Weariness in well-doing is part of the universal weariness; the slow movement of the flesh under high compulsions; the deadness of the soul itself to truth, and Christ, and the eternal world. Surely you will not be weary, when your salvation is so much nearer than when you first believed?(W. Well-doing from right motives is the most difficult of all works. They started off arm in arm, and were saved. To see Him rise from His seat, and stretch out His hand, and say, "Come, thou blessed child of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Christians are the pledged disciples of the Great Worker in this field of holy exertion. The language was written, as we find, under inspiration, by Paul to the Church at Galatia. Excess of trouble may for a time distract.3. (5)Because it associates us with the highest orders of beings. Viney, D. D.)The danger signalGeorge H. Smyth.I. They shall enter into the joy of their Lord. THE CERTAINTY OF SUCCESS IN WELL-DOING. So in His "own season" that is, the season which is peculiarly adapted for the purpose; the season which God knows to be the most appropriate; the season that shall best fit in to all the other declarations which God shall make of His majesty, His justice, and His power, as well as His love, His mercy, and His grace: at that time "we shall reap, if we faint not." R. Reynolds, B. The mighty name by which we are called.III. The undying activity of the world. The second principle of standing fast and growing in righteousness, so as not to weary in well-doing, is that of love. 1. It is hard to deal with hard cases; but when we have struck the water of life in any one, after that we have overflowing remuneration even here.(H. Merry. Faith keeps from fainting; faith gives a substance to things not seen, and makes them to be as it were present, As a perspective glass makes those things which are at a distance near to the eye, so doth faith: heaven and glory seem near. (c)You strike at the root of sin in seeking the regeneration of a child.2. Let me say to you, "Be not weary in well-doing," because YOU HAVE THE MOST NOBLE EXAMPLES TO CONSTANCY AND DILIGENCE. The first principle of stedfast and abounding righteousness is a constant sense of the obligation of the Divine law. The path is as much the king's highway as ever; its banks as green, its turns as beautiful, its trees as picturesque: but you have become weary, and your footsteps have flagged. And therefore he was content to say, "And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." At last one threw down his tools and said: "I will leave here before we starve," and he did leave. Let us, in conclusion, consider the reason which the apostle urges for our observance of this injunction. Is a source of genuine joy.(D. Believer! and not weary of well-doing.12. H. Spurgeon.s: I. And sometimes God favours those, who thus enter upon the work zealously and affectionately, in their first efforts, with remarkable success. Simple fatigue.2. In Galatians 6:5, Paul spoke of our final accountability before God. III. The following day he returned to the charge. Weariness of mind and of body is common to most men. Rhys Jenkins.)WearinessH. vi. In the first place, it refers individually to ourselves doing well, or doing good, with regard to ourselves. 13, 15), or a regulative principle of Christian life (Gal. .'--GAL. (2)Because this is the great end of our regeneration, that we may live to God. He was permitted to enter the room of the aged sufferer, to read the Bible, and pray by his bedside. Well-doing is not the doing of the superstitious, the formalist, the exclusive, the recluse, nor the training of any peculiar faculty of the soul, but the training of the entire man under the master impulse of love. Strengthens our faith in the power of well-doing.3. Spasmodic virtue and charity are easy enough and cheap enough. Talmage. VI. 19. It is always associated with great difficulty. "Be not weary in well-doing," BECAUSE AN UNFINISHED ENTERPRISE, OR A WORK INCOMPLETE THROUGH INCONSTANCY IS BOTH A DISTRESS AND A DISGRACE. But Paul has a way of setting side by side two superficially contradictory clauses, in order that attention may be awakened, and that we may make an effort to apprehend the point of reconciliation between them. As to the "WELL-DOINGS" of the apostle, scarcely any doubt can be left on the mind with reference to these, if we attentively peruse the records of his commission. W. Again: unwearied continuance in "well-doing" has the distinct promise of success.(G. If a man should set himself to improve his mind and manners simply out of a desire to be something better than he had been, he would still, in the doing, be helping others, for he would become a more valuable member of society. The full harvest hereafter. A. Two men were digging for gold in California once. My little nephew was out in the garden one evening with his father sowing peas; next morning he took a basket and was going out to gather the crop, and was greatly disappointed when told the peas were not yet grown. About that there is no doubt. Jesus Christ, to whom it is abandoned, and whom it follows as the Way, whom it hears as the Truth, and who animates it as the Life, impressing Himself upon it, imparts to it His own condition. "We shall reap, if we faint not."2. Christian slept in the arbour after ascending the hill Difficulty.II. W. If left to itself--to the undisturbed development of G. In every duty done for God, grace calls to the work, aids in the discharge of it, makes meet for and finally bestows the promised inheritance.2. 2 and 3.) VII How to grow in Charles Grandison FinneyLectures on Revivals of ReligionPrincely Service. )Perseverance in well-doingJ. "In due season ye shall reap if ye faint not." What the apostle means by his expression, "due season." He has VariousThe World's Great Sermons, Volume 10On Mysteries --God Gives them Here in Reality. Our moods vary, and we can scarcely be held to be responsible for them. God acts not without a plan.3. )Against weariness in well-doingJ. Because this evil, as described, is a fatal symtom of an unregenerate state. ITS OCCASIONS.1. AugustineOf the Work of Monks. The first thought which claims our attention here, is this: That the present life is not designed to be a merely contemplative thing.2. They started off arm in arm, and were saved. WebOn that day, each one shall bear his own load. . Macknight, D. D.1. Do two things. First, that the fulfilment of the Christian vocation is connected with certain reward in the future. (3) This endurance is life's grand lesson. Sunday School teaching is sowing. Another of the hindrances to which "well-doing" of this kind is exposed, is the tendency of our machinery to wear out, and our own disposition not unfrequently to hurry it off the field. We find Daniel, in the reign of Cyrus, saying "In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks; I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled." Those who grow weary in well-doing, so as to forsake the ways of practical godliness, lose all their former labour and pains in religion. Clay Trumbull The pious Quesnel says that "God Edward M. BoundsThe Essentials of PrayerExcursus on the Use of the Word "Canon. It is an act of obedience.2. II. M. Merry.I. We find Daniel, in the reign of Cyrus, saying "In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks; I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled." To restrain natural passions and propensities.3. The lesson of constant, patient, Christlike effort, learnt once, is learnt for eternity. We are too ready to suppose that our exertions for the present and future benefit of our fellow-creatures are utterly without success, because we do not see the success. This may arise from various causes. "In due season ye shall reap if ye faint not." Do the men of the world even respect a backslider? Then he picked up his shovel, and marked off a square, and began to see how long it would take him to cast that aside; then another and another, until the whole was cleared away. At length his faith, his patience, and his submission received their rich reward: "behold, a certain man clothed in linen" appeared to him and said. 18. The second principle of standing fast and growing in righteousness, so as not to weary in well-doing, is that of love. The seasonableness of the reward.(D. Not entirely of course, but too much. (1)The flesh cries out for ease. One of the great objects of religious buildings is, that we should gather together within their walls for public worship; that on the Sabbath, as a day of rest from the toils of labour, the mind should seek for strength and solace in the ministrations of united devotion and of Christian fellowship.II. YOU WILL MEET WITH EVILS IN YOUR SERVICE, AND BE LIABLE TO WEARINESS AND FAINTNESS.1. There may be, of course, work left unfinished through necessity. There is no prophet whose office and commission is only for judgment, nay, to speak the truth, it is mercy that premises threatenings. M. Merry.I. Having, then, assumed this, that we have learned to care for our own souls, and to regard our own immortal interests, the next point to be considered is, that we are bound to engage in "well-doing" for our fellow-creatures; for it is especially to this that the text refers. A. NUMB. (4) When our consciences are not tender. These duties are called well-doing, because in a conscientious observance of them we do well; we comply with the approving will of God. Keep Christ in full view. )PeopleGalatians, PaulPlacesGalatiaTopicsAbate, Courage, Desponding, Due, Faint, Faint-hearted, Grain, Grow, Harvest, Heart, Lose, Proper, Reap, Reward, Season, Tired, Weariness, Weary, Well-doingOutline1. 9). 'For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.'--GAL. Viney, D. D.It is the part of religion to teach man to do well. THE ENCOURAGING PROSPECT ANNEXED TO THE CHARGE "For in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." could say, when commanded to deny Christ, "I have served Him these six and eighty years, and He has never hurt me, and shall I deny Him now?" Take heed of those things which will stop these channels of mourning; put yourselves upon the use of all means that will help forward holy mourning. Work on, work ever.(J. . Another of the hindrances to which "well-doing" of this kind is exposed, is the tendency of our machinery to wear out, and our own disposition not unfrequently to hurry it off the field. Those who grow weary in well-doing, so as to forsake the ways of practical godliness, lose all their former labour and pains in religion. The traveller gets weary on his journey, whether by sea or land; the student bending over his studies through a long period, cannot escape that fatigue which attends a close and intense application of thought; the labourer, when his day's work is done, often turns to his home with a tired look and a faltering step; the sick man upon his couch feels the passing hours to be weary as they creep through the darkness of the night or the light of day, bringing no ease to his pains nor strength to his weakness; the watcher by the bedside grows faint with watching, and the overtasked eyes grapple with the slumber that steals upon them in vain. If we would not grow weary, let us pray for persevering grace. (5)The difficulty of the work.III. No; weariness in some form or other is the result of our infirmities, and as long as human nature remains what it is, the mind and the body will sink under its pressure. We found also in the conclusion of the same chapter the overflow of GOD'S love in the rich and comprehensive blessing which so appropriately follows, and forms the connecting link between Nazarite separation and the princely service set forth in Chap. )Christian enduranceW. VII. To have generous minds.2. THE ENCOURAGING PROSPECT ANNEXED TO THE CHARGE "For in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." He does not always, alas, do right; but it is the object of religion of revelation to induce him to do so. God acts not without a plan.3. "Send any one to this work," says Moses, "only send not me." A. Seek to understand the hidden laws of that outward and inward life. Then there are the gates of unbelief, thicker and stronger than the gates of Gaza; which only the spiritual Samson can carry away. We learned from Numbers vi, GOD'S requirements of those who desire to take the privileged position of separation to Himself. I encouraged her to "labour and to wait." What it does mean. 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