Going the Distance

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

When we drive our vehicle from place to place, we have an awareness of our starting point as well as an awareness of where we are going.  We accept that we cannot get there instantaneously; we accept that we will travel the distance, and in time, we will arrive at our destination.  And while we may feel anxious to get there, and maybe even tire of the journey, we do not get so discouraged at the midway mark that we just turn around and go back to our starting point.  We do not drive back and forth and back and forth from our staring point to the midway point and then collapse from the never-ending journey.

We do not announce our inability to accomplish our journey.  We accept the distance between our starting place and where we desire to be - and we continue to move in the direction of our destination.  We understand what is required and do it!  During that journey, if we get a little tired, we stop and get a refreshment, stretch our legs, get a second wind, and then begin again.  And, sure enough, eventually we will arrive.


Serving God, serving our families and serving others is much the same.   There is a road ahead of us that we must travel and it leads us to our ultimate destination.  " ^9...let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."