Reasons We Grow Weary

I. NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

A. The Lie

1. Nobody takes notice of what you are doing.
2. Nobody cares what you are doing.
3. Nobody appreciates what you are doing.

B. The Truth

1. There are often people who notice and appreciate what you are doing even if they never express that appreciation.
2. Regardless, we are to do all that we do as unto the Lord and He certainly notices, cares about, and appreciates what we are doing (Hebrews 6:10).

II. NO RESULTS

A. The Lie

1. What you are doing is not accomplishing anything.
2. Nobody’s life is being changed or affected in any positive way.
3. If there were results, you would know about those results.

B. The Truth

1. If our labour is in the Lord, it is not in vain (1 Corinthians 15:58).
2. This means that it is not empty.
3. If our labour involves the spread of God’s word, it is accomplishing what the Lord sent it forth to do (Isaiah 55:11).

III. NO REWARDS

A. The Lie

1. You are doing all you are doing and getting no rewards for yourself from your labour.
2. You should quit and invest your time and energy into things that benefit you.

B. The Truth

1. Rewards are given when one’s work is complete.
2. Man’s rewards come in “due season” but only if he does not faint (Galatians 6:9).
3. Every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour (1 Corinthians 3:8, 14).