DON'T ALLOW IT TO WEAR YOU OUT.

JUST THINKING:

Many people have taken good and bad decisions because of words spoken to them.  Parents have done things of which they later regretted. People have given out resources without thinking because of words. Words are very powerful and they could be more draining and annoying when you keep hearing the same thing every now and then.

I am talking about consistent talking, asking, crying, saying, bothering and request. Have you given your child a thing because he kept asking, crying and begging for it?  Have you given someone a ‘’YES’’ because you got tired of what a person was demanding of you? You gave in to it because of the consistent request, pleas, demand and disturbance.

When people keep asking or disturbing or bothering you for a particular thing, you get weary, tired and frustrated by it that you may eventually give in or give out that thing. It can drive you crazy.  If you do not want to take a decision due to someone sitting on your head on a matter, you should learn to say ‘’NO’’ and stand by your decision. If not, you will take hasty or wrong decisions. When you keep hearing the same thing from a person, it gets irritating and irritation makes you vulnerable in decision making.

Luke 18:4-5 NET says, ‘’ 4 For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people, 5 yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’”

The widow in the above story needed justice and she kept going to the judge who did not fear God nor man. The judge did not give in at first but he eventually did because she kept going to him. When someone keeps coming to you about a thing, it wears you out. Constant request or unending pleas of a thing drains, irritates and wears out.
If someone keeps badgering you about a thing, you will get beaten black and blue by it mentally because it is like the person is pounding your soul with that request. 

Judges 16:16 – 17 says, ‘’16 She nagged him every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it. 17 Finally he told her his secret. He said to her, “My hair has never been cut, for I have been dedicated to God from the time I was conceived. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me; I would become weak and be just like all other men.”

Samson gave in to Delilah because she kept asking him about the secret to his strength. Her request made him sick to death. He eventually gave in because she kept at it. He was emotionally blackmailed by it. 

Many of us have experienced in one way or the other. Some have sinned, done regrettable things, some have died or have been killed, some have agreed to some terrible things and some have signed documents that are causing them pain as a result of it. If you don't stand firm by your decisions, you may be swayed by a person's consistent request, pleas and demand on you.

For the person asking, it may be a good, bad, or legitimate request. So the person needs to ask because it may be important to him. But for you, you have to be careful granting every request that comes to you even if the person is consistent.