Sometimes, even work for the Lord can be laborious and repetitive. What is worse is that this labor can seem unprofitable when it is complete.

As part of a Christian community, you work in the children’s area every week, and no child ever seems to change. You spend hours working with teenagers and trying to teach them about faith, but none of them seem to care. Repeatedly, you pour yourself out in some ministry, and there are limited results.

You would think that serving the Lord would always be fun and rewarding. After every gathering, people would walk away with a sense of satisfaction that something powerful had happened. Yet, the comment I hear the most is, “I am not sure I am doing any good.”

If you have ever felt this way, my only encouragement is to keep grinding it out. You never truly know what is getting through to people and how much of an impact you are having on others. Until one day, unexpectedly, a student changes their life, a participant starts following Jesus, or someone is touched in a deeply meaningful way. 

Until that day comes, keep serving, even when it feels like a grind.