A brother known for his ability to motivate others was confronted one day by an angry sister who said, ”I don’t believe in all this motivational talk because it does not last.” Someone else who overheard the conversation replied, ”Well, neither do baths, but they are good to take just the same.”

Just because a thing does not last, is no justification for not doing it again. Almost everything worthwhile requires repetition. Most people believe in weeding their garden and mowing their lawn, but they know it will need doing again soon.

To the tried and true saying about, ”Anything worth doing, is worth doing right,” we might add, ”Anything worth doing must be done over and over again.”

This must be the reason that Paul instructs us that we are ”by patient continuance in well doing, [to] seek for glory and honor and immortality.”

Our acceptance by the Lord Jesus Christ will not be based upon the fact that we did one great spectacular good deed for him, but rather, that we patiently continued in well doing every day.

This is the reason we use the Bible Companion daily to lead us in our systematic reading of the Scriptures. We need to realize that we are all leaky vessels and if we do not constantly replenish ourselves with the oil of the word, then we will surely run dry and our lamps will go out while we wait for the bridegroom to come.

We need to be motivated to do right, and we need to do it over and over again. We remember coming home from the Bible school and returning to work just bubbling over with enthusiasm for the Truth. One of our associates observed how pumped up we were and commented that we seemed to be ”glowing.”

A few days later, after being buried in the day to day work that piles up when one is away, he passed by our office, looked in, and cupping his hands around his mouth whispered in a loud voice, ”the glow has gone.”

The glow does go, and we must constantly do those things that bring back the glow. When Moses had been on the holy mount with the LORD, he returned to the people and he did not know that ”the skin of his face shone.” We read that ”the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone.” Since we are to be the light of the world, we ought to work to do those things over and over again that will make our face shine with the reflection of our LORD.

Those out in the sun soon find their faces shining from its rays. If we allow the Son of God to shine upon us, then we should also reflect that fact in our countenances. Even after having been in the sun, the glow will go if we stay out of its rays.

Our glow will also fade if we do not continually pursue those things that help us to reflect the glory of God. The daily reading of the Word, prayer, the memorial service, Bible classes, Sunday school and Bible school are all important helps and must be repeated over and over to keep us glowing.

Let us resolve patiently to continue in well doing so that ”the LORD will make his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto us.”