It can be so frustrating when you’re trying so hard and still feel like you’re not seeing the transformation in your life that you had hoped for. But remember that God doesn’t always work on our time schedule. And while that can sometimes be discouraging from our perspective, God is never late. Continue to believe that and stay the course.
That’s what Paul encourages us to do when we feel like throwing in the towel.
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. (Galatians 6:9)
Eventually, you will reap a harvest of goodness, so long as you don’t give up.
Even Now, God Is Working.
The theologian Thomas Merton once wrote,
God, Who is everywhere, never leaves us. Yet He seems sometimes to be present, sometimes to be absent. If we do not know Him well, we do not realize that He may be more present to us when He is absent than when He is present.
Just because you can’t feel God, that doesn’t mean that he isn’t with you every step of the way. In fact, he may be doing more during this season to grow and mature your faith than during the season when you felt completely on fire.
God is working through all things for your eternal good. So hang in there. Brighter days are ahead.
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