Never Give Up

 Never Give Up

Sunday, March 24, 2019

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

Galatians 6:7–9

In 2005, Cha So-Soon took the written driver’s test in the small village of Sinchon, South Korea. She failed the exam. Neither of those things were particularly unusual, but they are part of an expected story. “Grandma Cha” as she is known in Korea was in her sixties. She had received little formal education, being forced to begin work at a very young age to help her family survive. It was what happened next that made the news. She took the test again. And again. And again. And failed each time. Finally in 2010, on her 960th attempt, she passed. The Hyundai car company, based in Korea featured her in their advertising and gave her a car. She achieved her goal because she would not let anything stop her.

There are many people who do not achieve what they want and work for, not as a result of a lack of talent or desire, or because they are pursuing the wrong thing, but simply because they quit before they reach their goal. The passage of many weeks or even months between the time a farmer plants a crop and when he harvests it are not an indication of failure on his part. The fact that there is not yet food on the table does not mean that his effort has been wasted. It simply means that he needs to continue on until the time of harvest. Rather than being discouraged because we have not yet seen the reward, we should be patient and keep on doing what is right.

Today's Growth Principle: 

There are always reasons to give up, but there is a certain harvest if we do not faint.