You know what the Bible says? If we faint in the day of adversity our strength is small.
And he's saying here, hey don't be weary, don't get tired of doing right because of the fact that
the due season is coming where you shall receive the reward of your efforts but if you quit too
soon you're not going to be able to see it. You're not going to be able to see it. He says as we
therefore have opportunity let us do good unto all men especially to them who are of the household
of faith. You think of the fact that you know a farmer sows seeds. He's not going to see a crop
and harvest the night the day after. Right? He's going to sow seeds. He's going to water it. He's
not going to see it in two weeks. He's not necessarily going to see in three weeks or
four weeks. He's going to have to wait a while to see any type of harvest. He's going to have
to wait a year. He's going to have to wait six months or whatever it may be. You know he's
going to have to wait for a long period of time in order to reap the benefits of what he's sowing.
And this is why verse 10 tells us as we therefore have opportunity let us do good
unto all men. What does that mean? Whenever the opportunity arises sow that seed
because of the fact that you'll sow it. You'll forget about it. You'll water it. You walk away.
You go keep yourself busy with other opportunities to do good and then when you come back to it
you're going to reap a harvest. Okay? But a lot of times doing right doesn't work
not because it doesn't work but because you quit too soon. You quit church too soon. You quit the
Bible too soon. You quit doing God's will too soon. You just kind of throw in the towel and
give up on the things of God. No you need to learn how to push through adversity. Push through
depression. Push through discouragement. Push through disillusionment. Push through your
emotions and your feelings and just allow yourself to feel the pain. Allow yourself to feel the
anguish and allow yourself to feel sad and just kind of push through it and serve God anyways
so that you can reap the benefits thereafter. A lot of people they feel depressed and sad and
angry or whatever and they act on those emotions. They quit on God and therefore that's why they
keep thinking well is it even right to do right anymore? Because doing right doesn't seem to work.
Well it doesn't work for you because you quit too soon. Okay?