Good morning. Too much to do and not enough time to get it all done. Does that sound familiar? Perhaps it is the latest spell of hot weather, but I am finding it difficult to get everything that needs doing accomplished. When it is hot it is more difficult to hurry.
I wonder though if we are, perhaps, a little too “hung up” on this hurry…hurry…hurry thing?
Please consider with me the example of Jesus. When we read about Jesus there are many words used to describe Him. Words like love, compassion, forgiveness, power, holiness, etc. When we read about His life we read about His time in prayer, His carefully chosen words of encouragement and of correction, we even read words that describe His anger. What we do not read about is Jesus being in a hurry.
Think about it, can you recall a scripture verse telling us that Jesus was running or in a rush? Neither can I.
I believe that this refusal to run and to rush made it possible for Jesus to see more, to feel more, to love more, to understand more, to care more. Not being in a hurry allowed Jesus to connect with people that a person who was rushing around wouldn’t even see. It is a completely foreign concept that Jesus didn’t have time for someone.
The following scripture verse is from the Amplified Bible. I found it accurate enough and I appreciate the explanations given, which are shown in brackets.
He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 (Amplified Bible)
In its time, and in His time. All things are beautiful in His time. In Jesus, God walked with humanity. He walked, at about 2-3 mph, He walked. He didn’t hurry and He missed nothing.
Take the time today to smell a rose or two, and to feel some extra love, to find a new reason for hope. Take the time.
Vern