Still Plenty left to do

I’m not sure how often I come back to that verse in Galatians: “Let us not become weary in doing good.” And every time I do I’m struck by the wisdom of it. He wouldn’t need to remind us to persevere and not grow weary unless that were exactly our danger. And it is a danger and a real one, particularly in the Christian life; that we would strive and struggle against evil for a time, but then begin to get worn down by it. Our struggle against sin seems too hard, our struggle against the injustice and suffering around us in our world seems too long and for many, that means either falling away, or retreating into a sterile Christianity of observation without engagment. Unfortunately, for all honest Christians that is not a legitimate option.

When we die to ourselves, so that we might live to Christ, we die to the option of disengagement, we die to the option of apathy, we die to the option of selfish self-preservation, and instead our whole lives and hearts and wills are dedicated to the cause of God’s glory and the establishment of His Kingdom with all its aspects of mercy, justice and charity.

When Jesus returns he will heal the world of all that so breaks its heart, but in the mean time, until that day, we labour. And we labour though we may be tired, disheartened and sometimes weary.

May you know God’s strengthening today, his gracious filling with hope and strength to continue with our task, that we might resist evil wherever it raises its ugly head. There’s still plenty left to do.