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By Rick Warren â 04/16/2023 [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Pinterest]( [Email](mailto:?subject=I'd%20like%20to%20share%20a%20Daily%20Devotional%20from%20Pastor%20Rick%20with%20you&body= âLet us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.â Galatians 6:9 (NIV) When you go through delays in life, donât get discouraged. Donât lose heart. Donât give up! The Israelites did, and it delayed their entrance into the Promised Land. Numbers 14:2-4 says, âAll the Israelites grumbled against Moses . . . âIf only we had died in Egypt! . . . We should choose a leader and go back to Egyptâ (NIV). They gave up on their dream. They had been rescued after 400 years of slavery but then wanted to go back because they were being delayed. Like the Israelites, some people would rather live in slavery than face the fear of freedom. They are not willing to push through and work on the problem until they get it right. They want to give up. They settle for mediocrity in life. Donât settle for less than Godâs best for your life! If that means going through a tunnel of conflict, take the tunnel. In the middle of the tunnel, it will be dark, and you will want to run back to the light. But youâve got to keep going until you come out on the other side into the light. Instead of getting discouraged, be persistent and pray. Galatians 6:9 says, âLet us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give upâ (NIV). This is the law of the harvest: There is always a delay between sowing and reaping. You plant in one season, and you reap in another. God wants to see if youâre going to keep cultivating, planting, and sowing. If he sees consistency in your life, then the harvest will come. But it wonât come immediately, because if it did, there would be no chance for your character to grow or for your faith to stretch. Luke 18:1 tells us that we âmust always pray and never lose heartâ (PHILLIPS). You have two options in life: Pray continually, or lose heart. You will always be doing one or the other. If you pray continually, you will not be discouraged. If you donât pray continually, you will lose heart. You will get discouraged by the problems youâre facingâwhether theyâre at work or at school or in your family. To stay encouraged, youâve got to keep on praying! What do you pray during the delay phases of life? Pray, âHelp me hold on and not give up.â God will hear you, and he will help. You are not alone, so you donât have to get discouraged, even when you are delayed. [PLAY todayâs audio teaching from Pastor Rick >>]( Talk It Over - What lesson have you learned during a time of delay in your life? How can you apply that lesson to the pursuit of your dream?
- What does it mean to pray continually or âalways prayâ? How is it possible to do that?
- How has God shown you in the past that he is faithful? Remind yourself of those experiences when you start to doubt his faithfulness in your delay. The post [Donât Settle for Less Than Godâs Best]( appeared first on [Pastor Rick's Daily Hope](. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Pinterest]( [Email](mailto:?subject=I'd%20like%20to%20share%20a%20Daily%20Devotional%20from%20Pastor%20Rick%20with%20you&body= [Get Created to Dream when you give a gift to support Daily Hope!]( God has a dream for your lifeâand itâs far greater than anything you could ever dream up on your own. Discover Godâs dream for your life and how to overcome the many barriers youâll encounter as you pursue it with Pastor Rickâs brand-new book, Created to Dream: The 6 Phases God Uses to Grow Your Faith. This life-changing book reveals the process God uses to fulfill the custom-made dream he has for you and the faith-building phases heâll lead you through as he doesâjust as he did for so many people in the Bible. [LEARN MORE]( [Complete Audio Series (Purchase)]( Includes 6 full-length messages from Pastor Rick's series Created to Dream. [LEARN MORE]( [Series Summary]( Message 1: How God Builds Your Faith
Message 2: God's Dream for Your Life
Message 3: How to Make Wise Decisions
Message 4: Delayed by Design
Message 5: How to Deal With Difficulty
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