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Establish Your Heart

"And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." -Galatians 6:9

"Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand." -James 5:7-8


Do not grow weary. Be patient. Wait. But the key to being able to do this... Do not lose heart. Establish your heart.

In Matthew 24 and 25, Jesus reveals to us that the key to continuing in ministry and enduring in these upcoming dark days is Intimacy with God. We must establish our hearts. We will get burnt out quickly without the oil of intimacy to keep our lamp lit.

If you find yourself already getting burnt out as I often have, take inventory of your life. Do you have a regular prayer time? A scheduled quiet time with God? When we have the quiet prayer moments with God, we recieve patience and everything else gets put in perspective. If we get burned out and exhausted doing ministry now, what are we going to have to sustain us when true nation-wide revival hits or when tribulation comes. Establish your heart.

"If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, Then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, in which you trusted, they wearied you, Then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?" -Jeremiah 12:5

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