Let Us Not Become Weary

Have you ever had the experience when you don't hear from a friend for a while and you start freaking out about it? You may think, "Did I do something wrong? Is she mad at me? I wonder if he  is okay? Maybe my friend got in a car accident...what if she died?!?"

As funny as that may be, you know it's true. Today's culture has gotten us accustomed to instant gratification. We live in a world where messages can be sent and received within a few seconds. Because of this mindset we will literally jump to the assumption that our friends have died if they don't respond to a text message within a certain time frame. I was thinking about this recently because I realize that this mindset of needing to be instantly gratified can easily affect other aspects of my life.

I can be so impatient, especially if things aren't going the way I had hoped. However, something happened last week that helped me to see the importance of not becoming weary.

A few posts ago I shared a testimony about Melissa, the woman that works at the Salvation Army. Things looked like it was absolutely
perfect. She was all set to come to the Revelation Seminar. She even came to the opening night and LOVED it. However, things seemed to go south.

This time of year is extremely busy for the Salvation Army because of Angel Tree and the Kettle Ringers, all of which Melissa happens to be in charge of. Unfortunately because of this, she wasn't able to make it to any of the other nights of the seminar. I'd stop by her work place where I usually met up with her and I always seemed to miss her. I kept praying for her and pleading with the Lord for her to come out to the meetings. At that moment, my prayers seemed to go unanswered.

Three weeks later, after the Revelation Seminar had completed, I decided to stop by the Salvation Army once more. This time Melissa was there. Melissa invited me into her office and our friendship picked up exactly where it left off. She updated me with things going on in her life and how crazy things had been. I told her how I missed seeing her and she responded, "I know I've missed you too and I was so bummed that I wasn't able to make it out to that seminar. But I have been watching them online."

"You've been watching them online?" I thought to myself. Instantly I felt rebuked for ever questioning and doubting whether God had this situation in His control. We talked about what she was learning from the videos and she expressed how she really liked how John Bradshaw just showed everything from the Bible.

For some reason, I wasn't able to go down to the Salvation Army at the usual day and time that I normally go. It's strange because normally I make sure I get down this but this time it was as if something was stopping me from going. My phone rang that afternoon and to my surprise it was Melissa.

When I answered the phone, Melissa started saying, "Hey girl. I was just thinking about you. I was just wondering what you were up to. I realize how much of a positive influence you are to me and I just really like being around you."

We talked for a bit and then she said something that I wasn't expecting. Melissa continued saying, "You know, I was thinking. It's been really busy around here and I was thinking maybe you could just come over to my house and we could study the Bible there."

I literally couldn't believe what I had just heard. I had been trying to get Melissa to do Bible studies with me since I met her in the summer. However, the she never wanted Bible studies for herself. Yet now in this time where I felt like nothing was happening, God was really working on her heart. I just couldn't see it.

 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.

Galatians 6:9