He struck it three times and stopped...

I have Mark Batterson to thank for getting me into reading blogs - his was the first I stumbled across. I no longer subscribe (trying to learn more by reading less), but today I had a look and read keep on keeping on which I recommend.

In 2 Kings 13, Elisha is about to die, and Jehoas, king of Israel, goes to see him. A few things happen, and then Elisha tells Johoas to "take the arrows," and later to "strike the ground." Jehoas struck the ground three times and stopped. Elisha then says "You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it. But now you will defeat it only three times."

So, keep on keeping on. Sometimes I find it hard in times of sung worship at church on Sundays, but this week I kept on trying, and then, by the penultimate song, something seemed to change.

Have you stopped doing something which God told you to do?