Striving for the Prize - Lesson 9 - ... not be Weary

Why are we weary?
Are we weary from all our well doing?
Are we weary from doing everything the Lord has given us to do?

Are we ‘burnt out?’
I believe there are enough hours in the day
to do everything the Lord has given you to do.

Galatians 6:9, ‘And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.’

What can you share with us here?





Rocky…

‘I ain’t goin’ down no more.’

You only have to last 10 seconds longer than the enemy.

Job 3:20. ‘Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;’

Apart from getting weary, tired and worn down,
We also can get bitter.

Can you share anything with us here?





We are in a battle.
The enemy is real.

I’m not saying we don’t get tired and we don’t need to take a break at times.
We need to plan those quiet times.
I believe in the morning,
The Lord wants our first fruits,
Not our left overs.

Psalm 127:2, ‘It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.’

If you have no rest,
If you have no peace,
Might you not be His beloved?

Your thoughts…





Job 6:11, ‘What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?’

Job didn’t have the Holy Spirit.
The Old Testament saints were not sanctified, and sealed as we are.

What can you share with us here?





Job 7:6, ‘My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.’

What is your advice to us when we feel like this?





Job 10:1, ‘My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.’

I believe our complaints are sinful,
Showing that we don’t trust God.

What advice can you give us if we are in a critical state?





Ecclesiastes 2:17, ‘Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.’

We will not get any satisfaction from our works in life
if they are not what the Lord has given us to do.

Adrian Rodgers said, ‘If a man is called to be a Pastor and he is a Plumber he will be miserable.
And if a man is called to be a Plumber and he is a Pastor he will be miserable.’

What can you share with us here?





It is not our children’s job to make us happy,
Not our wives or husband’s.
Not our boss or our peers.

If we are serving in a ministry to get a pat on the back we need to get out of it.

Isaiah 40:31, ‘But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.’

Closing thoughts…






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