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; • Romans 5; 1 Samuel 14; Psalm 59

Bobby Gruenewald is a Pastor and Innovation Leader who founded the YouVersion Bible App. As a young believer, after college, he had started two technology companies and served as an advisor for various startups and venture capital funds. He wanted to use technology to effectively distribute the Bible. He was especially inspired by how a century ago, Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press revolutionized the accessibility of the Bible by mass producing and making it available to everyone. Bobby wanted to use technology to do something similar for the present generation. And so in 2006 he developed a website where the Bible was available with a lot of other innovative features. Though it was a good idea, yet after the first month, only 20,000 people had visited the site. The result didn’t seem worth all the effort, time and money he and his team had invested. And so after a year they decided to shut down the website.
But two weeks before they would shut down, he had an idea of making the Bible available on mobile phones so that people could access the Bible wherever they went. In 2008 he and his team designed and built a mobile website for the Bible. Soon after that, Apple Computer, Inc. announced that they were offering the opportunity to develop apps for phone. Bobby Gruenewald submitted his app, it was approved and available the first day the App store launched on Apple. In just three days they had 83,000 downloads and today the Youversion Bible App, has been downloaded on about 500 million phones all over the globe and is making amazing impact in the world offering all versions of the Bible, in 1074 languages.
In our efforts to spread the Gospel we must be tenacious in our approach. The challenges we may sometimes encounter should never dampen our zeal. It can be easy to get discouraged, when we are not initially seeing the results we expect. But one of the best principles we can learn is to always hold on to God’s Word, and stay strong in prayer, no matter how discouraging any situation. If we refuse to lose faith, things will surely work out for our good.
Galatians 6:9 says ‘And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.’
When God sends you on a mission, He goes before you, He walks with you, and He works through you. In Mark 16:20 as the disciples went about preaching the Gospel Jesus was working with them. In all the challenges they faced in the course of preaching the Gospel, Jesus was right there working it all out to achieve His perfect will.
In acts 8, the disciples faced a very difficult time as they were met with strong persecutions. These disciples could have chosen to abandon their efforts to spread the Gospel, because of these difficulties. However, though the persecution made them to leave Jerusalem, in the end the Lord turned it all around and it led to the wide proclamation of the gospel in other cities. This caused the church to grow mightily, achieving the very opposite of what the enemy planned.
Romans 8:28 says ‘And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose’
Blessings come from the breaking. Strength comes from the struggles. Indeed new beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. And an initial setback can become great opportunities to take new territories and come back stronger.
This is why we count it all joy when we face trials, because God is able to turn it all around for us. As long as you are in God’s will, trust Him to work it all out for you. He will turn your mourning into dancing, He will give you beauty for ashes. And even when it seems you are being scattered, know that on the contrary you are being multiplied. Indeed whatever the enemy meant for evil in your life, God will turn it all around and cause everything to work together for your good.

PRAYER: Lord, Please grant me the strength to keep pursuing Your will against all odds. By Your grace I will never get discouraged, nor grow weary, rather I will keep pressing forward to the glory You have ordained for me in Jesus Name.

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Nothing liberates like truth, the truth you know and act upon will set you free.- – WORDBITE 222