WEARY

I SEE A FEW REASONS WHY WE BECOME WEARY IN WELL DOING. WE LOSE PATIENCE. PATIENCE IS THAT GRACE GIVEN BY GOD THAT KEEPS US FROM GIVING UP. WITHOUT PATIENCE WE QUICKLY START GROWING WEARY, BECAUSE WE DO NOT SEE THE THINGS THAT THE LORD HAS PROMISED US HAPPENING IN OUR LIVES. WE BECOME IMPATIENT

AND WE ONLY WANT OUT OF THE SITUATION WE ARE IN. WE WANT A CHANGE.

THIS IS WHEN WE CAN MAKE THE MOST DEVASTATING DECISIONS IN OUR LIVES. IN THE AREA OF SALESMANSHIP THIS IS CALLED, A MOTIVATED SELLER OR BUYER. IN OTHER WORDS YOU WILL TAKE WHATEVER COMES YOUR WAY. WHEATHER IT BE A PERSON, A JOB, OR MAKE A MOVE TO THE OTHER PART OF THE WORLD, JUST TO ESCAPE THE FEELING OF IMPATIENTNESS.

SATAN TAKES ADVANTAGE OF OUR IMPATIENTNESS, HE KNOWS THAT IF HE CAN GET US AT THE MOMENT OF OUR IMPATIENTNESS HE CAN LEAD US TO DO SOME CRAZY THINGS. IN THE BOOK OF JAMES, CHAPTER 1 VERSE 2-4, WE READ THAT WHEN OUR FAITH IS TESTED, IN OTHER WORDS WE ARE TEMPTED TO DO OR BELIEVE SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY SAID AND TOLD US, PATIENCE IS GROWN UP AND MATURED. WHEN PATIENCE IS GROWN UP AND MATURED THE BIBLE SAYS WE BECOME MATURED AND COMPLETE LACKING NOTHING.

NOTHING MOVES US ANYMORE. WE KNOW WHAT GOD HAS SPOKEN TO US AND WE ARE IN PEACE ABOUT JUST WAITING AROUND UNTIL GOD SAYS DIFFERENT. THERE'S A PEACE AND A CONFIDENCE AS WE WAIT UPON OUR HEAVENLY FATHER TO DO HIS PART.

AGAIN, I THINK IN OUR IMPATIENTNESS WE WANT TO DO OUR PART AND GOD'S AS WELL.

WE KEEP PATIENCE BY BEING OBEDIENT. AND OBEDIENCE IS A BY PRODUCT OF OUR FAITH. WHEN WE KNOW THE WILL OF GOD, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT TAKES 20 YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH, WE WILL STAY STRONG HOLDING ONTO WHAT WE KNOW IS THE WILL OF GOD. WHEN WE DO NOT KNOW THE WILL OF GOD IN ANY GIVEN SITUATION WE WILL QUICKLY LOSE OUR FAITH. BECAUSE, WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ANYMORE.

STRENGTH- COMES FROM GOD. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT LIFTING WEIGHTS AND BEING PHYSICALLY STRONG. WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT AN INNER SPIRITUAL STRENGTH THAT ONLY THE LORD CAN GIVE. IT IS A STRENGTH THAT COMES FROM A HEART THAT HAS PEACE AND JOY IN IT. WITHOUT PEACE AND JOY YOU CANNOT EVEN FUNCTION. YOU ARE IN WEARYNESS. YOU ARE IN A DEPRESSION.

WE HAVE ALL FELT THE EFFECTS OF DEPRESSION. BUT, IN ANYLIZING WHY YOUR IN A DEPRESSED STATE, YOU REALIZE IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A LACK OF PHYSICAL STRENGTH YOU REALIZE YOUR SPIRIT IS NOT MOTIVATED. YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE MOTIVATION TO GET UP AND DO WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING ALL YOUR LIFE. AND USUALLY WE FIND OURSELVES IN A DEPRESSED STATE BECAUSE OF THINGS NOT GOING AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED THEM TOO, OR, THINGS NOT HAPPENING AS FAST AS WE WOULD LIKE THEM TOO. WE GO RIGHT BACK TO PATIENCE AND WE GO RIGHT BACK TO KNOWING THE WILL OF GOD IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND BEING OBEDIENT, NO MATTER WHAT, TO ALLOW GOD TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE HAS SPOKEN TO YOU IN HIS TIME.

SO YOU CAN SEE FROM YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES THAT STRENGTH IS AN INWARD THING.