The Weary Side of Good

The Weary Side of Good

II Thessalonians 3:13

“But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary of doing good.”

 

Is there a weary side of good? There can be if we allow it.

As I got on my knees to say good night to our Father last night, I wondered why I was feeling a bit down and out.  The past week the Lord had been doing amazing things in my life and in the lives of my family.  I was watching Him answer prayer after prayer and now for some reason I could feel myself being drawn into almost a depressed state.  I asked the Lord, “What is this all about, Father? Why would I be feeling down when You have been doing so many amazing things in my life? I find myself beginning to think negative thoughts and allowing my emotions to get the best of me. Oh Father, this is when I need to draw on Your word in Philippians 4:8, think on these things, what is good, honorable, pure, just, holy, etc. and it will guard my heart and my mind in Christ Jesus. Yes Lord You are good and You are pure and You are holy and You have everything in perfect order for my life, I have nothing to be down about so I will praise You and thank You as You guard my heart and my mind from depression and discouragement.  But I still would like to know, why now? Why when everything is going good would I suddenly feel down?”

 

After talking with the Father, I stayed on my knees in silence, waiting for an answer when suddenly He gave me a clear understanding of why I felt this way. The verse, “do not grow weary of doing good” came to my mind. I asked the Lord if this was His answer and if this is what He wanted me to share in the devotion today, I hadn’t been able to write it last night, so I said to the Father, “If this is why and if this is what You want me to write about than as I sleep tonight let it continually be on my mind and when I wake in the morning remind me again.”

 

Well, as you can see this was my answer and it is what He wanted me to share with you.  After last night I received a new insight as to how we can become weary in doing good.  I always thought it was only when I was doing good and would become overwhelmed or tired from the continual work of doing God’s will and service, but after yesterday I saw it in a new light. True we can become tired when we are serving all the time, but take a look at it this way as well. Sometimes we become weary when the Lord is doing good continually in our lives. When everything seems to be going good we can get caught up in the easiness of life and get lazy or become complacent in our Christian walk.  We might not keep our eyes open for the enemy’s attack and thus become venerable to the lies of the world and the flesh.

 

Do not become weary in doing good, the good we do for and with the Lord and the good the Lord does for us. Either one of these situations can overwhelm us to the point of weariness if we do not stay focused on the God of strength, truth, wisdom, and peace. We must keep our eyes open and looking upward no matter how tired we may feel and no matter how good things may seem to be.  Know His word and His promises so you can call them out when you begin to feel the weariness come over you.  Watch for it, it will come, but we have a tool to help us overcome it before it overcomes us, God’s word.

 

It was a victory for me last night and it came because of the scriptures we have been studying together this week. Philippians chapter 4, I was able to recall it and in so doing it drew me away from the thoughts of discouragement and back into the promises of God. That my dearly beloved is where I want to stay, in the promises of my Lord and I want you right there with me.  Together we can stay alert and watch out for the weary side of good.

 

Thank You Father, for bringing an understanding that even in the good times of life we can find ourselves drawn downward because of a lazy and complacent attitude, a weariness of the spirit as well as a weariness of the flesh.  Thank You for giving us a way out of such a trap of the enemy. Thank You for Your word and Your promises that lift us up and out of a weary walk and back into a sprint of praise and worship that keeps us feeling confident and assured of our provisions and unconditional love from You.

In Jesus name, Amen