We can do almost anything if we know the limits to our activity. Fast three days and you can see the end approaching. A week long revival or conference is doable because it has an end. Anyone can read their Bible as long as you don't have to read it all every day. Limits make life livable.
But there are things in our Fellowship that have no limits. The size of our churches. No one says this is big enough. The size of our bank accounts. No church ever has enough money. Pastors serve until they die. They have nothing to look forward to and there is only death to end their service and their ministry.
When we say the field is the world, we will either do all that we can or we will do nothing. Some pastors ought to quit their jobs and just evangelize all day every day. No studying, no praying, just witnessing to everyone on planet Earth.
The problem with a limitless outlook on life is burn out. When enough is never enough one day you will quit or give up and say enough is enough. When you give until it hurts you have nothing more to give no matter how hard the preacher pulls for more. It must be enough since it's all that I have. Prayer that is not answered becomes dull and routine and one day you will say enough of this.
Time is the enemy of the endless and limitless life. No one at 70 is interested in acting like a teenager. If a pastor could only serve in his own church I wonder how long he would last. Variety give spice to their lives by preaching in other places. The test of time can show us if what we have is worth keeping.
How much is enough?
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