Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9
Author and professor Rebecca DeYoung describes laziness or sloth as “resistance to the demands of love.” Then she talks about what can all too easily happen in a marriage—a husband and wife get into an argument, and they retreat to different parts of the house. It’s easier to stay at a miserable distance than to do the hard work of reconciling.
As DeYoung says, “Do they want the relationship? Yes… But do they want to do what it takes…? Well maybe tomorrow. For now at least, each spouse wants the night off to wallow in his or her own selfish loneliness.”
Look honestly at your own life: Where are there sins that need to be confessed? Where do the broken walls of trust need to be repaired? Where have you neglected the care that God has called you to give, the work He has called you to do?
Repentance is hard work. You may say, “There’s no point. Nothing I do will make any difference.” But God says, “Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up” (6:9).
It is a great sin to let love die because you are too lazy to do what it takes to keep it alive. And it is a tragic loss to miss eternal life because you are too lazy to do what it takes to find it.
Is there a relationship in your own life that needs repair? Are you willing to do what it takes to keep it alive?
