Heaven Doesn’t Count Like That
Galatians 6:9 — 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.
You want to know what’ll make you just about crazy?
Eating clean. Working out hard and passing on dessert. Then stepping on the scale and seeing the exact same number blinking back at you.
Ask me how I know.
Oh my goodness, I just about lost it.
I had just finished a four-week program. Nothing extreme, but for me? It was disciplined. I showed up. I did the reps, and I made better choices.
But I didn’t lose a single pound.
I stood there in my bathroom staring down at that scale, feeling the discouragement creep in.
See? It’s not working. Why are you even trying?
But instead of spiraling, I tried something different. I downloaded one of those body-scan apps—you know, the kind where you awkwardly prop your phone up and hope nobody walks in. It lets you know how your proportions are actually doing.
When the results came in, they were better than I thought. Although I didn’t lose any weight, I had lost some inches.
Wow, how often do we do that? Measuring our lives one way but never go back and look a little deeper. We do this with our souls too.
We pray and think, “Nothing’s changing.” We try again and still stumble and think, Welp, back to square one.
But what if Heaven measures differently than we do? What if that is part of your character still forming or your roots stretching a little deeper?
I would have been super discouraged thinking that all my hard work was for nothing, and maybe that’s you. Maybe there’s been something that on the outside, it doesn’t look like anything has happened, and you want to give up.
Don’t.
Scripture reminds us, “Don’t grow tired of doing good. In due season there will be a harvest if you don’t give up.”
It’s so true. The harvest you hoped for isn’t always immediate. Sometimes the soil is doing its work underground, beneath the surface and beyond the numbers. God is doing something in you.
If you stay steady, if you keep sowing, and if you refuse to grow tired of doing what’s right, progress will come. You will see the harvest!
And it will be worth the wait.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT
- Where in your life do you feel like you’re putting in effort but not seeing results yet?
- Are you measuring progress by what’s visible, or are you trusting that God may be working beneath the surface?
- What is one area where you’re tempted to give up—but sense God asking you to stay faithful?
- How might your perspective change if you believed growth was happening even when you can’t see it?
- What would it look like today to “not grow tired of doing good” in a specific situation you’re facing?
