We can sometimes feel that we aren’t making any difference. Perhaps we thought and prayed about how to vote in the General Election, but ended up with an MP, or a government, which we did not choose.
That can be true in church life as well, or a difficult situation at work; however hard we pray, and seek to do the right thing, we are not seeing any progress. We might be tempted to give up, stop praying, and doubt whether God cares about the situation. Or perhaps be tempted to take matters into our own hands and get angry, vent our frustration, and respond in a less than godly way.
We need to be reminded that we live before an audience of One. The Lord sees us, and He knows our situation. We will be judged not on whether we transformed the church, or the nation, or succeeded in all of our plans, but whether we were faithful amidst the challenges we faced. Have we done what is right, or sinfully remained silent or inactive? Have we prayed and committed ourselves to Him? Have we responded in a godly way?
A word to those discouraged by hypocrisy & scandal
'Can you give me a reason why I shouldn’t just give up on religion altogether?'Before the young man finished …