“Therefore, as we have opportunity, we must work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith” – Galatians 6:10
The church is not just a charitable organization like the Red Cross, the civic club, the Rotary, or Kiwanis. Those groups do some great work. But the church is something different. We are brothers and sisters, adopted into God’s family, knit together by the Holy Spirit in a common fellowship. We must seek the spiritual welfare of one another.
Compassionate ministry can make you weary. Contending for the gospel can make you exhausted. Every Christ follower can become discouraged in doing good deeds. So, Paul says:
Keep sowing. Continue loving one another. Keep resisting bickering with others. Keep rejecting false teachers. Keep bearing one another’s burdens. Why? Because we reap God’s reward. A future reward
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58