Plodding along

For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He knows your trudging through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing." – Deuteronomy 2v7

Sometimes it feels that all we do in our Christian walk is to trudge along. The Christian life is not always bands playing and fireworks of celebration. Sometimes it is just plodding along in the muck and mire. In fact, I suspect that trudging is the norm rather than the exception.

One of my missionary heroes is William Carey. Some have called him ‘God’s Plodder’ because although he eventually accomplished some truly amazing feats, for the vast majority of his ministry he saw very little results and instead just plodding along. He took whatever happened and just kept going.

Some would have us believe that the Christian life is all about great ‘blessings,’ excitement, and seeing wonderful things happen. God knew of the trudging of Moses in 40 years in the Wilderness.

We must not get discouraged when our Christian life becomes nothing more than tough old slog. Remember God’s charge to ‘not be weary in well doing’ because we have the promise that ‘in due season we will reap if we don’t faint.

Keep plodding along. Keep on trudging. Keep slogging not matter how tough it gets. He knows where we are.