Excerpt
Weariness isn’t just tired legs; it’s a fainting mind. The cure is simple and demanding: serve, study, pray, worship—then trust God’s timing and tutoring.
Intro
Today I reread Elder Neal A. Maxwell’s “Lest Ye Be Wearied and Faint in Your Minds.” He warns us not to try to glide through life asking, “Lord, give me experience—but not grief, sorrow, pain, opposition, betrayal, nor to be forsaken… Keep from me all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then let me fully share Thy joy.” Disciples don’t get exemptions; they get tutoring. The four fundamentals—serve, study, pray, worship—keep faith nourished while God refines us.
Straight line
- Adversity can grow faith or sprout bitterness—don’t charge God foolishly.
- Live the four daily: serve, study, pray, worship—that’s how we “perfect that which is lacking” in faith.
- After the trial comes the witness; there are no skipped steps or instant passes.
- Trust timing and tutoring; we’re being sanctified, not spared.
- Put off the heavy natural man; he isn’t our brother.
- Repent with real intent; we can’t feel forgiven until we first feel responsible.
- Meekness keeps us from being easily offended while God tries His people “in all things.”
Three diagnostics when blessings feel thin
- Check the equipment. Are all four—serve, study, pray, worship—actually on and not just going through motions?
- Desire to believe. Ask: Do I really want discipleship, or do I find the world more appealing? (Alma 32:27)
- Go to Him. Don’t wait for Christ to come to us. He waits “all the day long” with open arms—we must arise and go (2 Ne. 28:32; Luke 15:18).
Final reflection
I won’t ask for lighter winds; I’ll set better sails. I will do the four, check my equipment, choose desire over drift, and go to Him. Then I’ll let His timetable and tutoring turn weariness into witness.
Pocket I’m keeping
- Serve • Study • Pray • Worship
- Desire → plant → nourish → endure
- Trust timing; accept tutoring
- Repent quickly; own the lesson
- Meek ≠ weakness; it’s resilience under God
- After the trial comes the witness
What I hear now
“Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” (Galatians 6:9)
Link to the talk
“Lest Ye Be Wearied and Faint in Your Minds” — Elder Neal A. Maxwell (General Conference)
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