Wait On It

July 2026 Sermon Series

Part 1: Weary But Waiting

Bishop Joseph W. Walker, III

July 5th, 2026

Scripture: Galatians 6:9 (NKJV)

9 And let us not grow weary while doing good,

for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.

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Prayer

Hallelujah, Father, thank you for your Word today. Speak to us today where we are, shifting us to what you want us to be. And we thank you. And as we begin this series, “Wait On It,” we pray that you will give us a word to help us indeed — to just let us know that a change is on the way. We give you glory and praise in Jesus’ name, Amen!

I. INTRODUCTION

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that does not occur because you are out of the will of God or doing something wrong. There is an exhaustion that comes from doing things right. I know what that feels like — to show up for people who don’t show up for you, to walk in integrity, to do the best you can every single day, to grind — and yet you don’t see the results.

I don’t mind doing the work as long as I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. But what do you do when the more you do, it looks like somebody keeps moving the goal post? You can smile in public and be wrestling in private, asking God, “Lord, how much longer?” You’ve been faithful in your family, consistent on your job, committed in your calling, and disciplined in your devotion — and yet the results are delayed. And delays cause our minds to go to places we would otherwise never think about: Why is this happening to me? Why is it taking so long?

Let’s be clear — that’s exactly where we are in the text today. Paul is sending a word to the people of Galatia — people who were faithful, who had not abandoned their faith, but they were tired. The church at Galatia had been thriving, yet they had to deal with false teachers who were saying that accepting Jesus Christ was not enough — that they also needed to adhere to the Law of Moses, particularly circumcision. Paul defends them with one central truth (Galatians 2:16): we are justified by faith in Christ alone, not by works of the law. When Jesus came into my life, that was enough. They weren’t rejecting Jesus — they were adding requirements to Him. But when I have Jesus Christ in my life, He is more than enough.

To understand how we arrive at chapter 6, we have to look comprehensively at the first five chapters:

• Chapter 1 – Revelation: The word preached about Jesus Christ did not come out of human intellectual property — it came out of divine revelation. God’s Word still speaks to your life. It is not a coincidence that God puts you in the right place at the right time to reveal the word you need in the season you need it.
• Chapter 2 – Vindication: Paul defends his apostolic authority. Though he was not one of the Twelve, he met the Lord on the Damascus Road. “I became an apostle because I saw the Man too.” Even if institutions and people don’t confirm you, if God has His hand on your life, that settles it.
• Chapter 3 – Justification: A legal term meaning acquitted. God, through faith, has justified me — just as if I never did it. I cannot work for this; God gave me a clean slate. If you have nothing else to give God glory for, thank God that you have been justified.
• Chapter 4 – Liberation: Once you are in Christ, you walk in the Spirit. You are no longer a slave to your flesh or to the things that hurt you in your past. The Holy Spirit is your new master — He leads you and guides you.
• Chapter 5 – Transformation: Life in the Spirit produces the fruit of the Spirit rather than the works of the flesh. You can tell how authentic a relationship with Christ is by the fruit it produces — not the gifts. You can have the gifts of the Spirit and not the fruit of the Spirit.
• Chapter 6 – Restoration: Paul turns the corner. Restore those who have fallen (v.1); carry each other’s burdens (v.2); walk in humility (v.3); support those who teach the Word (v.6); sow to the Spirit instead of the flesh (vv.7–8). And he summarizes it all: let us not grow weary in doing what is right, because in due season you are going to reap if you do not faint.

II. DON’T LET YOUR FATIGUE FOOL YOU

A. Your weariness is proof you’ve been faithful, not failing.

Notice Paul never says you’re not going to get tired. He just says don’t grow weary in doing what is good. Sowing to the Spirit sometimes can wear you out — trying to do good when good ain’t paying off, pouring into people who don’t appreciate it, loving people who are unlovable, giving to people who won’t even accept your apology. Doing good will eventually cost you something — emotionally, spiritually, physically. Paul does not dismiss weariness; he defines it. Weariness is not weakness. It’s evidence that you’ve been doing something meaningful. Even Jesus got weary. The enemy understands this — that’s why he doesn’t always tempt you to do wrong; sometimes he just tempts you not to do right.

Weariness has a voice that whispers that your effort is not enough and your consistency is unnoticed. But fatigue is just a feeling — it is not the final word. You can be tired and still be trusted by God. You can be weary and still be in position for what’s next.

Many people assume weariness means you did something wrong. Yes, there is a tiredness that comes from trifling — but there is also a tiredness that comes from just trying to do right. You’re not tired because you’re inconsistent; you’re tired because you’ve been committed — holding up stuff for other people, carrying other people’s burdens, taking on more than you thought you’d have to. This is the psychology of unrewarded effort: human beings can endure almost anything if the effort produces progress; when effort appears disconnected from results, you lose motivation. That’s why people quit school, marriages, businesses, ministry — not because they’re incapable, but because they stop seeing movement. The enemy doesn’t attack your ability; he attacks your perception. But God does His best work underground before you see it overhead. Noah preached and built for years before it ever rained. Hannah prayed for years before Samuel showed up. Joseph remained faithful in the pit and the prison long before he ever came to the palace. Your exhaustion is evidence that God is still active.

B. The real battle is staying consistent, not staying sinless.

This is not a sin problem — it’s a surrender problem. The real temptation isn’t rebellion; it’s resignation. Stopping feels so logical when you’re tired. You’re still showing up physically, but in your spirit you’re already disengaged — and the people around you haven’t gotten the memo that you’ve checked out. The enemy disguises retreat as rest. Rest is biblical, but retreat is dangerous, because when you stop sowing, you stop the season God wants you to participate in. The disciples fished all night and gave up — they were so tired — but Jesus said, “Go back again,” and when they went back, they caught a great harvest of fish. The danger isn’t walking away loudly; the danger is drifting away quietly. That’s why you have to guard your heart and guard your mind, and learn to manage what’s happening with your fatigue.

III. YOUR HARVEST HAS BEEN SCHEDULED BY HEAVEN

A. God’s delays are designed, not denials.

Your harvest has been scheduled. The depth of hope is not in your talent — it’s in His timing. Harvest doesn’t come because you’re gifted; it comes because you’ve matured. God has already factored in every denial and every discouragement — nothing about your wait has caught God off guard. Timing is not punishment; it is preparation, because anything God gives you prematurely, you don’t have the capacity to sustain. God isn’t slow — He’s strategic. Just because God is quiet doesn’t mean what you’re dealing with is broken. He is shifting things even when you can’t sense them.

Think of the airport: your flight gets delayed and you’re huffing and puffing with your arms folded, mad about something you cannot control — but you don’t leave the airport, because your mind is set on your destination. What you need to thank God for is a divine delay, because sometimes God is protecting you from something that could have happened if you’d left on time. David was anointed early but did not come to the throne until many years later. Abraham waited decades for Isaac. Jesus spent thirty years preparing for a three-year ministry. If you rush God, you might miss what you prayed for. Let this season stretch you, not frustrate you. Waiting doesn’t mean God has changed His mind — it means God is completing His math.

B. Don’t let impatience interrupt your increase.

This culture has messed you up. Amazon trained you, DoorDash empowered you, streaming spoiled you. We went from two-day shipping to same-day to two hours; if a website doesn’t load in four seconds, you think it’s broken. Technology has convinced you that speed equals value — but the kingdom of God doesn’t operate on algorithms; it operates like agriculture, and agriculture refuses to be rushed. You cannot microwave maturity. You cannot overnight character. You cannot prime-ship purpose. We’ve become excellent at downloading information but terrible at developing endurance. Impatience is more than an emotion — it is a spiritual interruption. Get out of God’s way and trust that God knows what He is doing.

There is a price to the promise. The farmer doesn’t plant a seed and dig it up every day to check on it — he plants it and leaves it alone, because his family’s well-being is tied to what’s in the ground. He protects it, waters it, prays over it. He doesn’t look at his neighbor’s field with jealousy, because he knows, “I’ve got something in the ground too — I can celebrate your season because I know my season is coming.” Get your face out of Facebook and put your face in the Book, so you can understand what God has promised you. His Word does not return to Him void, but accomplishes what He sent it to do. He may not come when you want Him to — because if He did, you’d take the credit. God will wait until your money can’t get it done and your friendships can’t bail you out, so that when He shows up, nobody gets the glory but Him. But when He shows up, He’s always on time.

IV. QUITTING IS THE ONLY WAY TO CANCEL THE HARVEST

A. You lose heart before you lose your harvest.

When you read the Bible, ask why writers write the way they write. Paul was speaking to a culture that understood agriculture — they lived by the ground, so they knew livelihood comes from sowing and reaping. Sowing and reaping is a law: you don’t have to believe it, but it works whether you believe it or not. You put something in the ground; something comes out. The question is whether you will be in position when the harvest shows up. You lose heart long before you lose harvest. The enemy is trying to uproot you — to frustrate you and make you think your harvest isn’t coming. That’s why so many people miss their blessing: the moment things don’t look like they’re going to happen, they uproot themselves — run to another city, leave the relationship — and never receive the blessing. Nobody taught them to stand still and see the salvation of the Lord; to be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth fruit in its season; to be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing your labor is not in vain. Just because it isn’t happening overground doesn’t mean nothing is happening underground. God is making moves and connecting relationships — your name is coming up in rooms you haven’t even been in yet. Like a receiver running a timing pattern: the quarterback doesn’t throw the ball to a person, he throws it to a spot, and the ball is already in the air. The receiver has to keep running his route and beat the defensive player to that spot — whoever gets to the spot first gets the blessing. Don’t let the enemy run an interception on your blessing. This is the last time the devil intercepts my blessing!

B. If you’re still standing, God is still working.

If you’re still standing — still showing up even with tears in your eyes — God is still at work. We won’t always see the blatant, demonstrable miracles, but God is performing them every single day: opening blind eyes, healing cancer, bringing people out of wheelchairs. Yet we overlook the most powerful miracle of God every time we come into His house: the person sitting next to you who showed up. You don’t know what it cost them just to show up — the negative words spoken over them, the hell they had to deal with, the trauma they had to overcome. Their being here is a miracle. God is still at work in your life, so don’t grow weary in well doing. You have prayed too much, given too much, sown too much — your due season is about to show up.

Bishop Walker closed with the story of a package he ordered and tracked until the tracking went offline. Frustrated, he called to cancel the order — not knowing that while he was on hold waiting to cancel, the truck was already on his street. Don’t cancel your order — your blessing is already on your street. “Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man” what God has stored up for you. God loves you too much to let you quit. It’s okay to be tired, but it’s not okay to stop doing good. Keep doing good even if it doesn’t come back to you — your reward is greater than what they can give you. It may take a year, two years, three, four — but God put you in the right room, in the right service, to hear the right word. You can’t wait on it unless you have a relationship with Jesus Christ. B

Have a blessed new week with the Lord! ❤️