"So let's not get
tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a
harvest of blessing if we don't give up."
The New York Times this morning detailed the U.S. drought as the worst nationally since the late 1950's. It's been a hot summer and we are only half way through with many hot days that will follow. The hot days outside
and the hot days inside. Yes, there will be hot days inside our office
and it won't just be the weather that makes the difference. There is
always another "hot" topic or "hot" issue that must be addressed and
when these come and especially when they come day after day, week after
week, it can wear us down and like the oppression of heat and humidity
outside, we thirst and we search for shade and relief. But that is hard
to find when the deadlines are looming and the heat has been turned up
by the boss or the bosses' boss. This is the time when perseverance and
commitment shows up, or doesn't. As a person who uses long distance
running for my exercise I remember hearing the great running philosopher
George Sheehan write that running in the heat builds commitment. I hear
that in my head on every long run when the sun is beating down on me.
Just like in the long run, when the heat is turned up at work we have to
find that commitment down deep inside of ourselves to carry on and
carry on in the way that others never really see us sweat. God gives us
His promise that we can do so if we are doing the right things and doing
our work in the way we should. In Galatians we read; "So let's not get
tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a
harvest of blessing if we don't give up." Even though those "hot days"
will be upon us, if we are doing what is good and doing our best to
bring the glory of God through our work, there is the blessing and the
refreshment of the harvest waiting for us, and a much cooler season
coming...soon.
Reference: Galatians 6:9 (New Living Translation)
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