Don't Grow Weary, America

Dear friends in America,

I drive coaches for a living. Some nights the road runs long and dark, the passengers are asleep, and the only company I have is the hum of the engine and the white lines coming at me one after another. Every driver knows that stretch. It isn't the first hour that tests you. It's the fifth, and the sixth, when the destination still feels a long way off and your eyes start asking whether it's worth it.

I've been thinking about you, America, on those long roads. And I want to say something simple from this side of the ocean: please keep going. Don't grow weary. Don't give up on God's Word.

"Let us not become weary"

The apostle Paul wrote to a tired church in Galatia: "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up" (Galatians 6:9).

Notice what Paul assumes. He assumes we will feel weary. Obedience to God was never promised to be easy, quick, or popular. He doesn't scold the Galatians for being tired. He tells them that the harvest is real, that it comes at God's proper time, and that the only way to miss it is to stop.

That's a word for you right now. Faithfulness can feel like it's going unrewarded. The headlines are loud, the culture moves fast, and it can seem as though standing on Scripture is a lonely place to stand. But the harvest belongs to those who keep sowing.

What the world has received through you

From where I sit, I can see something you may be too close to notice.

For generations, faithful Americans have carried the gospel to the ends of the earth. Missionaries who left comfortable homes. Churches that gave sacrificially so others could hear. Bibles printed and sent by the million. Hymns and worship songs sung in languages their writers never spoke. Ordinary believers in small towns who prayed for nations they would never visit.

I've met people around the world whose faith can be traced, somewhere back along the line, to an American who simply obeyed. That is no small thing. It was never about being a perfect nation. No nation is. It was about people who loved God's Word enough to live it and share it.

So when I say keep going, I'm not asking you to start something new. I'm asking you to keep doing what God has already used so powerfully.

Obedience is a long road

There's a reason Scripture so often talks about walking. "Walk humbly with your God" (Micah 6:8). "Walk in the light" (1 John 1:7). Walking is slow. It's daily. It's one step and then the next.

Obedience works the same way. It's rarely one grand moment. It's choosing to read your Bible again tomorrow morning. It's forgiving the same person one more time. It's teaching your children the old truths when the world offers them shinier ones. It's showing up at church when you're tired, being honest when it costs you, and loving your neighbour when it's inconvenient.

None of that makes the news. All of it matters to heaven.

Where the strength comes from

If you're running on empty, that's not a sign you've failed. It's a sign you've been carrying something. And God has a promise for exactly that moment:

"Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint" (Isaiah 40:31).

The strength to keep obeying doesn't come from gritting your teeth. It comes from hoping in the Lord, from coming back to Him again and again and letting Him fill what the journey has drained. The writer of Hebrews tells us to run with perseverance by fixing our eyes on Jesus, "so that you will not grow weary and lose heart" (Hebrews 12:1–3). Eyes on Jesus. Not on the noise, not on the critics, not even on our own track record. On Him.

Humble hearts, healed land

Many of you know the words of 2 Chronicles 7:14 by heart: "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land."

I love that the promise begins with my people. Renewal doesn't wait for everyone else to change. It starts with believers kneeling, repenting, praying and seeking God's face. Quietly. Humbly. In homes and churches across the country. That kind of obedience has always been where revival begins.

Keep going

So here's my encouragement, from one pilgrim to many:

Keep reading the Word. Keep praying. Keep gathering with God's people. Keep raising your children in the faith. Keep sharing the good news with gentleness and respect. Keep loving the people who disagree with you. Keep standing on what God has said, even when it's unpopular.

And when you're tired, rest in Him, and then keep going.

"Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain" (1 Corinthians 15:58).

Not in vain. Not one prayer, not one act of faithfulness, not one step on the long road.

The world is watching, and so is heaven. Don't give up now.

With love and prayers from across the Pacific,

Brother Greg