KEEP ON HAMMERING

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. —1 Corinthians 15:58

When we don’t see immediate results from our labor, we sometimes get the feeling our efforts aren’t doing any good and we give up too soon.

It takes many blows of a sledge hammer to break a large rock. If one stops too soon, all his previous efforts go to waste, for the work of the hammering is cumulative.  It is the constant pounding on the same spot that weakens the stone and eventually breaks it.

This is also true of the stony hearts of men. The Word of God, “like a hammer,” may have to be applied often before it breaks “the rock in pieces” (Jer. 23:29).  So don’t stop witnessing to that lost soul — BE PERSISTENT!  The next verse of Scripture he hears may be the final stroke that will open his heart to the Gospel!

Remember, the greatest reward for man’s labor in the Lord is NOT what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it. If you never see anyone else changed by your service for Christ, look in the mirror and see how it has made you more like Christ! So, hammer away! “Your labour is not in vain in the Lord!”