Galatians 6:9 (ESV)
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due
season we will reap, if we do not give up.
As I let Max our Golden Retriever in the house after
enjoying his play time in the rain produced by Tropical Storm Colin it reminded
me of a story I read a while back.
An old mountaineer and his wife were sitting in front of
the fireplace one evening just whiling away the time. After a long silence, the
wife said: "Jed, I think it's raining. Go outside and check, will
ya?"
The old mountaineer continued to gaze into the fire for a
second, sighed, then said, "Aw Ma, why don't we just call in the dog and
see if he's wet."
We have a tendency to get lazy sometimes, don't we?
John Wesley traveled 250,000 miles on horseback,
averaging twenty miles a day for forty years. He preached 4,000 sermons,
produced 400 books, and learned ten languages. At age eighty-three, he was
annoyed that he could not write more than fifteen hours a day without hurting
his eyes. At age eighty-six, he felt ashamed he could not preach more than
twice a day. He complained in his diary that there was an increasing tendency
to lie in bed until 5:30 in the morning.
Let's get up and do something for God today! There's so
much work to be done!!
Dear Lord, we pray today that we would not be lazy. Help
us to get up and do great things for You today. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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