What is Good?

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“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”

— Galatians 6:9, ESV

Being a CEO, founder, or leader can be exhausting.

We go and we go giving everything we have to this work.

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Many times, that leads us to periods of feeling emotionally, spiritually, and physically drained. Everything in us wants to give up. We want to find an easy way through it, around it, or away from it. This thing we chase becomes something that feels so heavy that we just want to throw in the towel.

This can be especially true when you’re doing good. But what if we’re tired because we’ve been chasing a definition of “good” God never promised?

The Cambridge dictionary defines good as “very satisfactory, enjoyable, pleasant, or interesting.” But, when we look at the Word, we see a very different take.

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> We know that every good gift and every perfect gift comes from Him. (James 1:17)

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> We know that the fruits of the Spirit for believers are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. (Galatians 5:22)

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>We know that no one is good, except God. (Mark 10:18)

Look at the stark comparison between the modern definition of good, and a Biblical definition here...

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What if good isn’t defined by how smooth the road is, but how close it brings us to the truth?

What if goodness is less about what works for us and more about what forms us?

We chase comfort and control. But God defines good as whatever conforms us to the image of Christ. That means the setbacks, the slow growth, and the silent seasons may be good, because they’re working something in us we can’t yet see.

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If you look back, the worst times in your life were the most formative.

So many of us see that sanctification is found in the suffering. If Christ died and suffered so we could be sanctified, and we have become co-heirs with Him, what could our suffering during this life do for us? How might God use it for good? (Romans 8:28)  Not the world’s good– but His definition of good.

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That’s why we don’t give up.

We’re not chasing an outcome. We’re following the King.

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Wherever you are – whether it’s in a boardroom, an office, a classroom or a kitchen - know this:

God is not asking you to win.

He already won.

He’s asking you to walk with Him. Do good. Don’t give up.