Keep Doing Good

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. – Galatians 6:9 (NIV)

When have you grown weary? Did you keep on going? What about those times you have given up? Do you regret having given up? What type of harvest have you reaped by doing good? Who have you seen do good in the face of adversity? Did he/she reap a harvest?

Kenny Walker became deaf at the age of two after a bout of meningitis. As he got older he grew both in size and strength, and never let his deafness keep him from his love of football. Walker was an excellent high school player that caught the attention of several colleges. When asked where he wanted to go he signed “N” for Nebraska, and that is where he went.
Walker was a great player while at Nebraska being named an All-American and the Big Eight Conference “Defensive Player of the Year.” But perhaps the most amazing moment of his college football career came during his final home game. Traditionally, senior players were introduced alphabetically and ran onto the field, welcomed by a cheering crowd. Because Walker is deaf the university wanted to find a special way to honor him. The fans were all taught before the game how to sign the word, “Applause,” and were told to sign their ovation in silence while standing and waving their hands from side to side.
Standing in the stadium tunnel, Walker could feel the vibration of the cheering crowd as each senior ran on the field. When he ran out suddenly the vibrations stopped. Confused, he looked around the stadium to see over seventy-five thousand fans standing for him, waving their hands in a way only a deaf person would recognize as applause.

In that moment Kenny Walker reaped the harvest of continuing to fight on where others would quit. If we do not give up there is a harvest for each of us to reap one day! All harvests may look different, but that will make them no less incredible. Today and forever more let Christ guide our steps to the places where we can do good. Our example may even inspire others to do good, and perhaps that will be our harvest, others doing good by doing the work of God they first saw in us.

With hope and joy,
Garrett