Day 25 | 40-Day Lenten Fast & Devotional

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers”. -Galatians 6:9-10

Good morning, good morning, grace and peace be unto all of you, my Father's children. It is in fact day 25 of our 40-day Lenten fasting experiences, relates to devotional. This week, God saw fit to have us to focus and meditate upon the area  of patience.  And so if you would, I'd love if you could turn with me in your Bibles to the Book of Galatians.

Paul's letter to the church in Galatia, the sixth chapter, just the ninth and tenth verse,  and you'll find these words. “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers”.

Let us become not weary in doing good. This scripture is tailored to teach us a place where doing the right thing can cause you to lose your patience. In it of itself speaks to a greater perspective when doing the right thing. And that doing the right thing oftentimes involves a level and measure of patience. Which is undeniable.

As I opened up this series, I explained, as you recall, that as we travail through these weeks leading up  to Easter, to Resurrection Sunday, really, we would have moments where what we were talking about would be absolutely reflective of our personal experiences at that very time,  both internally, but also a global perspective as well. In order to be in a position to do good to all people, even in the midst of challenging pieces, it requires a level of prudence, a level of planning, all which are components of patience. Most of us call it last night after 25 hours and five minutes, one of our own legislative officials stood on a floor to articulate what doing good to all people looked like. After 1,164 pages of written speech, type of patience that it causes and that it invokes for one to see the greater good above and beyond personal ambition, but personal circumstance upon personally even exhaustion to oneself represents the same spirit which is spoken to here in the Church of Galatia.

There will come places and points when your patience is tried, when you must endure. It says, don't grow weary.  This is about being patient on allowing God to move even through exhaustion. And I don't know about you, but I've been there before. There are times when I wanted to act, I wanted to move, I wanted to  do something and I had to remain and stay steadfast to a course. That's what God calls us to do, says, listen, don't get so caught up in the fact that people around you may not be echoing the sediments of what is right to the place and point where it dilutes your message, where you begin to acquiesce to that which is.

This is a season in time where God is calling for soldiers to be strong, to be steadfast, unmovable, unwavering. And that's easier said than done. But when in the face adversity, one has to dig deep and allow the Holy Spirit to give you endurance, patience that is, even in situations and seasons of great challenge. So on today, allow us to recognize that while God moves consistently through our lives, we must, we must remain patient and we cannot get weary of a well-doing because we're called to the place to be change agents but also to be salt and light. So as you go through your day, consider these things.

God bless you and good morning.