Never grow weary!

Have you ever just been too tired to even care anymore?  Perhaps it's the fault of that person who just seemed to suck the life right out of you.  Perhaps it's the multitude of needs present in our world and you just don't think that you can make any difference at all.  Perhaps you're just tired. 

Whatever the reason, I think it's important that we hear these words from Galatians 6 - let us not become weary of doing good. Paul knows that all people are just naturally going to get tired of helping people.  Eventually those people that we try to help are going to get on our last nerve and they'll become a burden.  They'll be just another thing that we have to do, and we'll lose our passion for helping them.  It's actually pretty normal. 

Now, I've never embedded a youtube video into a blog before so I hope that this works.  If not, go to www.youtube.com and search for Team Hoyt I can only imagine.  Watch it then come back...

 So I didn't mean to bring in a tear jerker on a Friday morning but the video is pretty cool.  Paul tells us to never grow weary.  That means that we should be willing to go the distance with someone.  The problem with many of us when we serve is that we spread ourselves too thin.  We try to serve everyone - all at the same time.  That's just not possible.  We'll just wear ourselves too thin and lose all desire to serve after a relatively short time. 

Today I want to encourage you to serve just one person.  This is going to mean that you'll have to most likely tell others No, but it's going to be worth it in the long run.  Find that one person and go the distance with them.  Be the one who walks alongside them and really believes in God's power in them.  Don't grow weary.  Go the distance. 

Lord, I want to get better at serving those around me, but I often get tired. Thank you for not growing weary of my inabilities.  Thank you for going the distance for me.  Give me the strength and courage to go the distance in my serving of those around me.  Amen. 

If you're interested in more on this idea of serving just ONE, join us in worship this Sunday morning at Living Truth Church or check out the message next week on our downloads page.