Galatians 6 -- What Paves The Way

The legalists loved to catch someone in sin and loved to gloat about it, for they believed it made them look holier.  Jesus had told us to practice accountability with love and forgiveness, though.  “Christian love would lead us not to expose a brother’s failures or weaknesses, no matter how much better it would make us look,” my commentary said.

 

It also talked about sharing our blessings, sowing to either the flesh or the Spirit what God has blessed us with, and once something is sown, the harvest can’t be changed.  “All that we do is either an investment in the flesh or the Spirit.”

 

Paul mentioned a promise regarding that harvest, too:  “In due season we shall reap if we faint not.”  We have to be careful not to get weary in the work of the Lord, though.  The motivation we need is faith, hope and love.  And we must remember that the seed that is planted does not bear fruit immediately.  “We have to give the seed time to take root and bear fruit … The Lord of the harvest is in charge, not the laborers.”

 

Paul also said something about works, but not in regard to salvation.  My commentary said, “It is not only by words that we witness to the lost, but also by our works.  In fact, our works pave the way for our verbal witness:  they win us the right to be heard.”

 

Father, there are times when I am so worn out, but Your love prods me to keep going.  You showed me long ago that important jewel that our works pave the way for our verbal witness and win us the right to be heard.  After all, they don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

 

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford