Many years ago my wife brought a beautiful grape vine from the Burpee’s catalogue. I planted it in the rear of our yard, which was more like a swamp. But, I figure it would get plenty of water and with some hope we would have lots of grapes. Well I work on that vine year in and year out. It got so big I had to build a grape arbor for it. However, we harvested very little fruit. I got weary of nurturing that ungrateful vine. I was about to curse it like Jesus did the fig tree. I grew tired of caring for the ungrateful Burpees bush.

However, it wasn’t long after I had stopped doing good by the grape vine when I notice it was producing beautiful clusters of grapes. At last, we were going to get some fruit. However, it was none to my credit. My dad was coming by while I was at work and he was pruning the grape vine and making the plant healthier. I became weary in what was good for the grapevine and it suffered.
This true example illustrates what Paul commanded us in Galatians 6:9- let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

God calls us to continue to do the good and not be weary. This passage also reminds us, “As we have therefore opportunity, let us do the good. My fear is that too many Christians have surrender in doing good, what is right and what is their calling as per their God given gift. I mentioned a few times during our study of the book of Revelation that since we know by way of the prophetic calendar the end times many will be like the first century Christians and do nothing…

The church has failed in many ways and our society is falling apart because there is no light in the darkness, there is no salt. —Matthew 5:13-14
We cannot become complacent at a time when the country needs good more than ever before. If we fail to do the good, to serve, to follow the mandates of the church we will reap what we serve sow. WE MUST…

I. Persist in the Spiritual Good Vv 7,8
Be not deceived God is not mocked for whatever a man soweth that shall he also reap.
1. This principle has application beyond giving and supporting teachers and ministers as this text relates to. It has a general application in life; what we get out of life is often what we put in. The apostle Paul is not endorsing some law of spiritual karma that warrants we will get good when we do good, or bad when we do bad. Paul relates the principle of sowing and reaping to the way we handle our resources before our Lord. We must persist in spiritual things. Sharing and caring for one another and continue in Bible study, prayer, fellowship and winning the lost.

2. There are unbelievers who are procrastinating about salvation, there are Christians who have fallen into carnal endeavors, there are some that aren’t ready to be restored saying in effect I like my backslidden life. Paul says be not deceived, God is not mocked… What you’re sowing now is going to reap for you terrible consequences. If you keep sowing to the flesh, verse 8 says you’re going to reap what? Corruption! That is what is happening in our culture… in the NT, it is in an ethical sense, destruction and moral decay.

3. If you sow seeds of the flesh you shall of the flesh reap corruption. A man reaps what he sows. In other words, you get what you give… That is what Paul is talking about. We are reaping what has been sowed. That is what’s happening in our churches and our culture. What are you sowing? Is it faith, hope, love, the giving of self: your time, energy, resources, and finances to be salt and light? What are you sowing? God expects good people, saved people, his people to sow good things.

If we spend our money and waste all our time on that which is sinful and selfish we will never be satisfied! Our sinful nature says; there is never enough. Sin will take you further than you want to go; keep you longer than you want to stay; and cost you more than you want to pay. The one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” Therefore …

II. Persist in doing the Good vv 9- And let us not be not weary in well doing”

1. I think that this is part and parcel of our culture demises. When we become weary of doing good, living good, proclaiming good it affects our communities. Mormons and JW protect their values and morals and we see in most of their towns and community the have been disinfected from the evil we are experiencing. What about us Christians?

Whenever there is a void something will fill it and that is evil. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmond Burke
Why do we fail and do nothing…we get weary.

The word translated weary means “to lose heart,” to become discouraged. It is human nature to lose the desire to continue because of difficult circumstances or unfulfilled expectations. We see our society failing and we know the end times are upon us and it is very discouraging so we do nothing. This is especially true when results are not immediately apparent; (like my grape-arbor) when, in fact, it seems as if our work is unproductive, unappreciated, or un-rewarded. Look at Mark 4:13-20…Jesus is speaking.

2. Keep on with well-doing because to reap the full harvest of good requires continued effort. Discouragement will cause us to quit before we have reached our goal. Some of you use to participate in Bible study but you are either weary of it or weary of what life demands. Some of you use to participate in serving in ministry but stopped because you are weary…

You need to continue to feed your spirit… There’s nothing as tragic as Christians who’ve been Christians for a long time and they are deceived by the world because of a lack of spiritual wisdom.

3. The word translated “faint” ek/luo literally means to loosen or relax in such a way that a thing became weakened. It was used of a bowstring that had lost its tension, thus lessening the efficiency and power of the bow. It was often used of becoming physically weakened through hunger or exhausting labor.

4. Paul recognized an undeniable truth: well doing often produces emotional and physical exhaustion. Today, we call it “burn-out.” One reason for this is our good works never seem to have a point of completion. Can we ever say that we have finished the work of serving others or reaching others? There is no time clock for parents to punch in and punch out; they are on the job 24 hours of the day. You never stop being a parent.

The economic climate presses us too. This downturn appears worse because the media has given it so much coverage, and the government has thrown so much money at the problem. We can get tire of the bad news and become totally self-preserving. God is still in the business of providing for His people. Philippians 4:19 (“God shall supply all your need”.

5. The promise of the harvest is this: “in due season we shall reap” In due season” reminds us that there is a relationship between seedtime and harvest. For every opportunity, there is a time appointed for the harvest.

6. “We shall reap” is God’s promise to the faithful and believing. On this basis, Paul charges us to take the opportunities God gives us. Persevering comes from the sure knowledge that God will keep His Word, the time of harvest will arrive, and therefore, our labor is not in vain. —-Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

There is a need to persevere in sowing good seed. It is seldom easy, often tiresome, and usually under appreciated. Sometimes, we don’t even see the fruit of our labors in this life. We do the sowing, and a future generation reaps. A wonderful illustration of this truth is found in the life of John Wycliffe.

Illustration:
Wycliffe worked hard at giving the world an English translation of the Bible. He wanted a Bible that anyone could read, not just the priests. He was declared an outlaw and a heretic for his efforts. His enemies made no secret of the fact that they sought his life, and Wycliffe had to finish his work while in hiding. When it was finished, there was no printing press, so each copy had to be made by hand. It was a slow and expensive project.

Then, less than two years after the first copy was completed, Wycliffe died. Years later, he was so hated by his enemies that they dug up his bones, burned them, and scattered the ashes on the Thames River. Today, we are the reapers of Wycliffe’s harvest. We have the Bible in our hands because he didn’t quit in the face of opposition and discouragement. He stayed at the task, which is what we all must do if we expect to make a different, change this wicked society and reap the full harvest of the good.

Conclusion:
Charles Swindoll wrote, “Each of us by our thoughts, attitudes, and actions is constantly planting for a future reaping. Time may pass before the crop ripens, but the harvest never fails. The true nature of the seed that we have scattered will surely be revealed in time”. “Even though yesterday’s actions are irreversible, tomorrows are not. We can dramatically affect our future by the decisions we make today’…