True goodness is not only self-sacrificing but also untiring. It does not “become weary in doing good” (Galatians 6:9). It is one thing to do good in a few, or even in a number of, isolated instances; it is quite another to face cheerfully the prospect of doing some particular deed of goodness day in and day out for an interminable period of time, particularly if those deeds are taken for granted by the recipients. But true goodness does not look to the recipients, or even to the results, of its deeds for its reward. It looks to God alone, and, finding His smile of approval, it gains the
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