The Christian life is a difficult one to maintain in our own strength.  Even our best attempts at serving God, if done from the flesh, will ultimately make us grow weary.  We must place our confidence in the God who redeems and daily depend on Him to carry us through. 

Conclusion:

1. Good works must be Spirit driven  
2. Good works don’t ripen immediately
3. Good works grow according to God’s timing
4. Good works are guaranteed to grow if we don’t give up
5. Good works ultimately benefit you

Application: 

How do I endure unto good works?  

1. Put your confidence in God 
2. Sabbath
3. Be who God has made you to be
   1. Be Christian
   2. Be humble
4. Keep the gears greased
   1. Identity
   2. Ability

Acts 20:35

“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

John 13:35

“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

Galatians 5:15

“If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.”

Galatians 6:2

“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”