Galatians 6:9 ‘And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
- DAILY READING; Matthew 9:1-17; Leviticus 3-4; Proverbs 20
In 2017, a movie was released in the theatres titled ‘Victor’. This movie is based on the real life story of Pastor Victor Torres. In the early 1960’s his parents moved from Puerto Rico to New York City, looking for the American dream. But the dream soon turned into a nightmare when Victor at age twelve joined a street gang and began to get into trouble with the police. At twelve years, he stabbed a young man and was taken to juvenile court; at age fourteen he began to use heroin; by the age of seventeen, he had been imprisoned three times. From using drugs he transitioned to selling drugs. At this time his mother had an encounter with Christ, and became a Christian and that changed everything. Every day, seven days a week and twice on Sundays, she would go up to the church where she worshipped and would pray for Victor. She didn’t just pray for God to save him, she prayed that God would make him a minister of the Gospel and use him to touch people all over the world. Initially it seemed what she was praying for was impossible. The more she prayed the worse Victor became, yet she never gave up. Victor would come home at 3 o’clock in the morning totally stoned from heroine. Yet his mother would be in the kitchen waiting for him. She would pray and prophesy over him.
Then God began to move. God made a young pastor named David Wilkerson to leave his own state and move to New York to begin a ministry for troubled youths in the roughest streets of New York City. One day, Victor ran into this young pastor as he preached in the street. Right there, God touched Victor’s heart. He knelt down and gave his life to Christ. God set him free from the drugs, from the gangs, and from the violence.
Today, Victor Torres is not only saved, he is the pastor of a great church in Virginia. He has established drug rehab facilities all over the United States, and has outreaches to drug addicts and gang members. He goes all over the world preahing the Gospel and testfying of what God has done for him.
Indeed God answered his mother’s prayers because she refused to give up! Even when it looked impossible she continued to hold on to God’s Word.
Galatians 6:9 says ‘And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
It can be easy to get weary when we have been praying about a particular thing and yet there seems to be no result. But if you don’t give up your answer will surely come. Why we should never give up is because we often face our greatest battles on the eve of our greatest victories.
In 1 Samuel 16 Prophet Samuel anointed David to be the next king when he was still a youth, but thirteen years went by, and there was no sign of it happening. Rather it seemed the worst of times for David as he was pursued up and down by Saul. And one day, David and his men returned from a battle and found their home in Ziklag had been attacked and destroyed. All their possessions were burned and their families were kidnapped. The Bible says they wept until they could not weep anymore. And to make matters worse David’s own men turned against him and talked about stoning him. It seemed to be David’s darkest hour. He must have been wondering if the promises of God would ever manifest in his life. But he was closer to his miracle than he knew. Rather than become depressed, David encouraged himself in the Lord his God and pursued the Amalekites and recovered all that he had lost. And just three days later, in the very next chapter [1 Samuel 31] king Saul was killed in a battle. David soon became the king as God had promised him.
The point is that David was closest to the manifestation of God’s promise when he faced his greatest challenge. Sometimes when it seems like everything is coming against you, it may just be because you are at the verge of your greatest victory.
Weariness is a strategy the enemy often uses to try to get you to give up when you are closest to your miracle. Many times breakdowns come just before the point of your breakthrough. It is often darkest just before the day dawns, This is why you must never get weary in well doing. No matter how hard the road may seem keep going forward. There is a plan and there is a porpose. Every step you take is bringing you closer to your victory.
Understand that it is when you endure to the end that you reap. Like Victor’s mother you may have been praying a long time concerning that situation. Though it may look as if nothing is happening, understand that God is indeed up to something. He is at work in ways and means you may not immediately fathom right now. The important thing is to keep the channel for your miracle open by never giving up. Delay is not denial. Like David, your manifestation may seem to be taking a long time, you may have had some setbacks, but God is still on the throne, He knows how to get you to your destiny. He is working it all out. In the meantime as you keep praying, also keep blessing God for the soon manifestation of His Word in your life. Keep judging Him faithful and remain obedient to His Word. It is only a matter of time, if you never give you will surely soon have your victory in Jesus Name.
PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for Your faithfulness in my life, thank You for helping me not to grow weary. No matter what situations I face, I know that You are indeed working all things out together for my good in Jesus Name.
QUOTE
God’s promises in Christ in your life may appear delayed, but never forget that delays are not denials.. -WORDBITE 222.