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Basket ball game: referee experience as a parent!  I couldn’t call the right fouls, people yelling at me, everyone mad at me… when I do call a foul it was on my own son, when I went over to the bench to get some consoling from Kim she looked at me like… “You should be ashamed!”

I WAS FRIED AFTER THAT GAME… FOR ABOUT 2 DAYS… WEERY! 

HERE IS A LITTLE SECRET…

The truth is it will never be easier to serve God than right now… history is becoming peeled back and truth will dwindle. As it does the ability to freely serve God will become mountainous. 

***WE FAIL TO ENGAGE IN CULTURE WHEN WE ARE WEERY! 

Galatians 6:6 Those who are taught the word of God should provide for their teachers, sharing all good things with them. 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.  SOUNDS GOOD SO FAR RIGHT? 9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Gal. 6:7-10 WUEST 

God is not being outwitted and evaded. For whatever a man is in the habit sowing this also will he reap. Because the one who sows with a view to his own evil nature, from his evil nature as a course shall reap corruption. But the one who sows with a view to the Spirit , from the Spirit as a source shall reap life eternal. Let us not slacken our exertions by reason of the weariness that comes with prolonged effort in habitually doing that which is good. For in a season which in its character is appropriate we shall reap if we do not become enfeebled through exhaustion and fait. So then, in like manner, let us be having opportunity, let us be working that which is good to all, but especially to those of the household of faith. 

Do not grow weary

Weary - the will… do not start in the spirit only to sow in the flesh. 

Not weary in the flesh as in “physically tired” - but weary in the spirit so you sow into your soul/flesh appetites. 

GK   ek-kak-eh’-o   = to be negatively influenced by the lack of outcome

Doing Good - inspire and motivate someone to do what is lovely… or GODLY

What would keep you from sowing? What would make you give up? What if I said you won’t see the reaping until after you die? 

Fatigue makes cowards of us all. Vince Lombardi 

Our trials our sin, evil, satanic, lust, the world… but the hardest is Weariness into apathy. 

You don’t have to backslide, you don’t have to run from God, you don’t have to fall into addiction or some great sin… to be ineffective you just need to be tired. 

If there is one thing that will discourage me more than anything is this… being tired with nothing to show for it. 

Impatience is a disease… WHERE IS THE FRUIT? 

As Spurgeon said… 

The duty is to “do” without knowing “what or when” it will happen. 

The context of this verse tells us that there will be times where we don’t feel 

Gods blessing, 

his favor, 

his excitement, 

his pleasure 

his fruit…. 

PRE-DANGER (and then 3 dangers) 

You must know how to read your emotions

Tell tale signs of emotional drain include:  

1.  wanting to be alone, 

2.  becoming sarcastic, 

3.  over eating, 

4. sleeping less and sleeping worse, 

5. quick and superficial desires, 

6. burnout, 

7. hating your job, 

8. feeling like home is work, 

9. arrogance or I’m not drained attitude ( the scariest problem with this is you don’t see it…it is everybody else’s problem), 

It intensifies you’re existent personality quirks into full blown negatives and ultimately weakness.

Being emotionally drained is a lot like having to go the bathroom really bad.  You hold it, your bladder is tight, everything makes you feel uncomfortable, and you really can’t enjoy anything until you relieve the pressure.  You could be in the middle of your Christmas morning, your birthday, an awards ceremony… but if you really got to go it is almost impossible to enjoy the moment.

WEERY!