Jesus wasn't in a rush when he walked the earth...he walked from city to city, town to town, and village to village. He took is time, he was patient, and never hurried. It's such an admirable attribute that Jesus had that I often overlook.
Seriously think about your life though, what percentage of your days are you in a hurry? It's up there for me! We are in a hurry driving to work, waiting for a meeting to finish, driving home from work, etc. There is always something that we can be doing.
Hurry causes disruption and destruction. One of the things I have started to do is just reminding myself to pause and take a deep breath. That helps me sit back and take everything in. If I didn't do that, I think I would go crazy and not realize all the blessings around me.
There is a book I would highly recommend about hurry called: The ruthless elimination of hurry and it's been the best book I have read all summer.
I was reading the end of Romans this evening and something that stuck out to me was that Paul's visit was delayed to the Romans because he was taking his time preaching the good news. Preaching the good news took precedence over everything in Paul's life. Enough to delay a visit!
Imagine getting ready to leave for vacation, having everything planned, and then just going a couple days later because we were preaching the good news to people. Unfortunately that goes against how we are wired! It makes me cringe thinking about the hassle that would cause.
Let's start to live with Jesus pace. Now I am not saying go all out, with the demands on some of our lives, that's really really hard. But start to do it a little bit. When I was wrapping up work this afternoon, one of the team leads stopped by the office to talk, and I could've left right away, but I decided to spend time talking with the team lead about our lives rather than just being in a hurry. I didn't preach the good news to her, but I would like to think that it meant a lot that I spent time asking questions about her and her husband, and getting to know her better.
Jesus pace is something we can apply in so many parts of our lives.
What's the big hurry anyways? I always get a kick out of when someone blows past me on the highway. Even when I am speeding, someone just vrooms past me! It's so dangerous sometimes. Then 30 seconds later, I get to the same stop sign and that car is in the same place I am. Like what's the point?
I believe that by incorporating Jesus pace into our lives, everything that we do will become more meaningful because we are taking our time and being intentional. When we take our time, we are more aware of all that God is doing in our lives.
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