Nobody wants to wait, so the option is to either keep waiting for what you want or to just give up on it altogether. Maybe you’ve experienced this for yourself.
Galatians 6:9 gives us the simple, yet not always easy way to overcome the temptation to give up in our waiting season, and that’s to just not do it. Just don’t give up. As obvious as that sounds, the intention of the verse is not meant to oversimplify the challenges we face in waiting seasons, but to encourage us in this truth:
“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 ESV)
Oftentimes, the harvest that we’re waiting for doesn’t require us to be the smartest or the best or the strongest. It’s given to those who simply don’t give up. How long can you wait? How much endurance can you have? So how do we overcome the test to want to give up in our waiting seasons? We check our hearts and make sure that we’re not growing weary. Make sure that we’re feeding our heart the faith that it needs to keep going, and that we’re running a spiritual race of endurance that is fueled by the promises and truth of God so that we don’t give up. Today, I encourage you to decide not to give up and forfeit the promised harvest of your waiting season.
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for strengthening me during waiting seasons that seem long and difficult. Increase my faith and remind me that I will reap a harvest if I don’t give up. In Jesus Christ’s Name, I pray, Amen.