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I. IS WELL-DOING.

1. It is something more than attention to our personal condition.

2. The man who labours most for the good of others is most effectively employed in training his own soul.

3. Well-doing is not the doing of the superstitious, the formalist, the exclusive, the recluse, nor the training of any peculiar faculty of the soul, but the training of the entire man under the master impulse of love. This work is well-doing, because —

(1)  It is in accordance with the will of God.

(2)  It is indispensable to the well-being of mankind.

II. HAS ITS DIFFICULTIES.

1. These should not dishearten.

2. Everything worth having requires a struggle.

III. Will meet with its reward.

1. The conditions.

2. The certainty.

3. The seasonableness of the reward.

(D. Thomas, D. D.)

I. THERE IS WELL-DOING OR GOODNESS THAT IS INCUMBENT ON US, viz., sowing to the Spirit. In order to do this —

1. I must deny myself.

2. Bow to a higher will.

3. Live in unseen communings.

II. WELL-DOING IMPLIES FIXEDNESS OF WILL AND CHARACTER. This is needed —

1. To form new habits.

2. To restrain natural passions and propensities.

3. To resist the evil world.

III. WELL-DOING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH AIDS OFFERED IN THE GOSPEL. Christ has become the power of God to us.

1. By his conquest of temptation.

2. By receiving the residue of the Spirit.

3. By bearing the Cross.

IV. TRUE WELL-DOING BRINGS WITH IT APPROPRIATE RESULTS.

1. In growth of character.

2. In usefulness to others.

3. In acceptance with God.

V. THE RESULT OF WELL-DOING WILL COME IN THE PROPER TIME.

1. Not ours, but

2. God's.

(J. F. Stevenson.)

I. WELL-DOING. In order to do good it is necessary —

1. To have generous minds.

2. To fully realize our obligation to do good.

II. UNWEARINESS IN WELL-DOING.

1. There is much need of untiring effort to do good.

2. There are abundant opportunities for everybody.

3. The necessary power Will be given to all who attempt it.

III. A MOTIVE TO WELL-DOING. Good accomplished —

1. Increases our power for well-doing.

2. Strengthens our faith in the power of well-doing.

3. Is a source of genuine joy.

(D. Rhys Jenkins.)

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KJV: And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

WEB: Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up.