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Keep On — Part 3
Though some folks become tired before doing anything, the usual order is well doing before weariness. Weariness does not mean physical weakness, but has the idea of losing courage, fainting, relaxing one’s strength, or perhaps even becoming despondent in the task. Weariness may be caused by lack of results as one teaches week after week without apparent impact; by monotony; by lack of cooperation from those we labour with.
How easily the Apostle Paul could have become discouraged in his long, arduous travels and persecutions; beaten, shipwrecked, weak, ill, rejected by his brethren, and facing martyrdom constantly. Yet he knew the secret of an unwearied life. He also knew that in the end eternity would yield the fruit and results of his work for the Lord. He could say: Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58).
In light of these meditations let’s, Keep on Keeping on! It is, and will be worth it all!
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