Mark 3 - do I do it anyway?

And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, ..... (Mark 3:5)

There were also times when Jesus felt so angry! That action of Him was so oddly familiar that that verse caught my attention.... and I realised that it was probably something that most teachers have encountered before.

Staring at your class of students in anger, but deep within, hurt and painful.

I know how that feels..

Especially if it isn't the first time your students had not heed your words and had repeated the same wrongs again. They just wouldn't change.... and you'll wonder, should I continue to do this? Or just forget it?

Jesus did it anyway.

Regardless of whether the people around would understand Him and heed His words. Because He knew what He was doing was right. His work was to complete that which the Father had tasked for Him to do, and to bring glory to Him. And so, despite the people around Him not supporting Him, and even trying to accuse Him, Jesus did it anyway.

When the people around me do not fully understand my good intentions, do I do it anyway? When my students do not appreciate that what I am doing is actually for their good, do I do it anyway?
When I have not gotten back the returns for all the efforts I have put in, do I still do it anyway?

And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart (Gal 6:9).

But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good (2 Thess 3:13).