The Kid Who Gives You Nothing

Devotional · Leaders · 5 min

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FOR THE LEADER · Leaders · 5 MIN · Galatians 6:9

The Kid Who Gives You Nothing

When a child gives little back, Galatians 6:9 encourages you to keep doing good and trust God with the season of reaping.

  GENERATED WITH 1 EDITOR NOTE · READ THEM AT THE END BEFORE YOU TEACH

There’s one in your room

There may be a child who gives you almost nothing back. They do not join in, answer, or look up when you say hello.

That kind of serving is tiring. You keep welcoming and trying, and it can feel like your care disappears into a black hole with sneakers.

Paul calls it doing good anyway

“Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.” — Galatians 6:9 (WEB)

Paul does not name every situation that makes us weary. But this verse does call us to keep doing good and to wait for God’s due season.

So, when a child seems unmoved, their reaction does not have to decide whether you keep offering patient care.

The tiredness underneath

Some tiredness comes from work. You carried bins, calmed chaos, wiped tables, and spent real energy.

But being unanswered can become corrosive. It whispers, Why bother with that kid? Then you quietly stop making the extra effort.

Grace runs the same direction

Your care cannot buy God’s love, and you do not need a child’s approval to prove your service mattered.

Receive God’s grace for your own tired heart. Then offer care freely, leaving what grows to God.

One question, one prayer

Hold one child’s name quietly in your mind. Read the reflection question, then pray.

Galatians 6:9 — Paul urges believers not to grow weary in doing good, promising that they will reap in due season if they do not give up.

Which child do you quietly expect the least from, and what is one unhurried act of care you can offer them the next time you serve?

Jesus, you see the child I am tempted to stop trying with. Give me patient love that does not demand a response. Help me keep doing good and trust you with what I cannot see. Amen.

Before you serve this week, name that child privately. Greet them by name, ask one simple question, or sit near them without requiring anything back.

STILL BEING FINISHED · 1 EDITOR NOTE

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