Look Up!

Scripture
Galatians 6:9
Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.

Observation
Have endurance, patience, be steadfast.  Establish and strengthen your heart.  Do not be fainthearted, because in the right moment, the season of harvesting, we will reap the fruit and good rewards of what we have been sowing into the lives of others.  Don't give up or be too tired - keep at it!

Application
Look up!  When I look down and see what I have been planting, all I see is dirt, weeds, and the unfinished work of my labors, and know there is so much more to do.  I feel tired, and the sweat dripping off my brow, the stinging tears in my eyes.  I see the birds eating what I have just sown - there are thorns and fallow ground not yet turned.  On days like this, I feel like giving up - like it will never happen.  
But God says, 'Look Up!'  Look to Him for my strength.  Don't quit!  Keep sowing!  Keep doing good!  The Bible says I will reap if I don't grow weary.  God is my strength when I am weak.  Look up, and see what GREAT things God is doing!  Remember what He has already done!  Look to Jesus and keep pressing on.  When I am only looking down, I'm focused only on what I can see.  But when I look up to God, I begin to worship and sing, and pray to Him, and my perspective changes and I begin see what God sees.  
Prayer
God, show me what You see.  Show me what You will do.  Help me to keep doing what You have called me to do and not lose heart.  I want to finish well.  
In Jesus Name, A-men.