It is but rarely in preaching or in teaching the gospel that we will see quick results. We must learn to wait. God is patient with us. He has time on his side. He has lived forever.
Perseverance is one of the seven laws of success.
The fisherman must learn never to be discouraged, but always to try again. Who knows, you might catch a plastic bag with 3 weeks of garbage in it. The good fisherman or minister must not be discouraged when nothing seems to happen. He must always be ready to try again. Those of us who have had children know that in childrearing, we have to go over and over the rules.