Maybe you’ve heard it said, “God is never in a hurry.” I was thinking this morning that applies more broadly than it may seem at first.
Jesus stops on the way to heal someone’s dying daughter. She ends up dying before He gets there. He still goes, unhurried. He raises her from the dead. But you know when else Jesus didn’t make haste? Before He overturns tables and drives the merchants out of the temple courts, he makes a whip.
You can get the idea that Jesus sees the temple marketplace and in His zeal for His Father’s house starts scattering coins. But He doesn’t fly off in a rage. He stops. He stops and makes a whip first.
How often are you reactionary?
Do you ever make homeschooling decisions as a reaction? Things don’t go well one day and you jump ship and try something else without considering maybe there’s a miracle up ahead if you stay the course.
Do you ever make a decision in a moment of zeal without first looking over what’s needed?
I can remind myself even in the kitchen, “Don’t make haste,” if I start hurrying about. It will get done. Things get done if you just keep moving, no need for the hurry.
There’s the busy kind of haste, where everything seems to be hurry up and go. I determine not to be busy. I keep well ahead of things so it doesn’t come down to, “I HAVE TO do this now.” If something’s on the calendar, it’s because we chose to have it there, not because we HAVE TO do something. There are choices. We can choose to not be rushed about. We can choose to not make haste.
I live a slow life. I learned it several years back. I asked the Lord to teach me to live in His strength. The result of that prayer was a slow life. I don’t make haste. I stay the course. I wait on the Lord and trust Him. I’m not here and there and back again. I do what’s in front of me to do right now without feeling the weight of all that’s still left to do.
And I stop and pause and pray because I don’t want to make decisions as a reaction and I don’t want words to come out as a reaction.
I don’t want to make haste. I want to make peace in my life and in my home.
Amen. Thank you. What a blessed reminder for me this morning. God loves us and He is faithful!
I love Easy Peasy!
This is so good. I am learning this now, as my kids get older (and I get older!) and gradually leave. What a wonderful reminder, along with Scripture and example of Jesus. Thank you!
This was a blessing to read today and be reminded of. Thank you.
It is not that you need to not be in a hurry, it’s that you need to stop worrying and getting in a tizzy about everything.
the Bible also states in Luke 12:25: “And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?”
Matthew 6:27: “Can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”
Matthew 6:27: also states “Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?”
We are certainly taught to not worry, but this lesson was on stopping first and going to the Lord before making decisions and just slowing down in general and not busying ourselves.
I love this