There is a question that I have been pondering lately: at the end of the day is all of this worth it? Sometimes it can be easy to get discouraged. This life is extremely difficult most days. We are constantly pouring out and pouring out. We are investing into people’s lives for only about three weeks and then moving on to a brand new place and brand new people.
Through a lot of wresting I have come to realize that the answer to the question is yes. At the end of the day this is most definitely worth it. God calls us into obedience and to simply just say yes to what he is asking us to do. He never promises that it will be easy. In fact He says the opposite. Jesus says in Matthew 16:24-25, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.”
God never promises that we will see the fruits of our labor. As human beings who are generally selfish in nature, it is easy for us to desire seeing the results of our work. We want to see tangible evidence in order to feel good or accomplished. I am guilty of this all of the time. I want to feel like all of the hard work I am putting in is actually making a difference.
However, God has been challenging me to just be satisfied with the fact that I am walking in obedience and doing what God has called me into during this season of life. I am all the way across the world just planting seeds. I may never see any fruit during my lifetime and that needs to be enough. If I do get to see the fruit of my labor then that will be an incredible blessing from the Lord.
As believers all we are asked to do is to trust and obey. As sinners all we truly deserve is death, everything else is grace. I have to lay down my own pride and selfishness at the foot of the cross every single day. I have remember that jesus is enough. Is the reality of knowing Jesus and doing life with Him enough? The answer is yes, a thousand times yes. Even on days when I don’t feel it. This life is not about me, it is all about Him. So yes, all of this is worth it because I am serving the King and furthering his kingdom every single day.
