But when the set time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4-5
“Hurry kills relationships. Love takes time; hurry doesn’t have it. It kills joy, gratitude, appreciation; people in a rush don’t have time to enter into the goodness of the moment. It kills wisdom; wisdom is born in the quiet, the slow. Wisdom has it’s own pace. It makes you wait for it—wait for the inner voice to come to the surface of your tempestuous mind, but not until waters of thought settle and calm. Hurry kills all that we hold dear: spirituality, health, marriage, family, thoughtful work, creativity, generosity… name your value. Hurry is a sociopathic predator loose in our society.”
John Mark Comer in The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World (Colorado Springs: WaterBrook, 2019) 52-53.
Happy Christmas.
Special thanks to my Aussie mate, Andrew Russell, for pointing me to this book.
I pray each of us is able to take time to ponder the sigificance of today. God took His time. And, just when all the factors came together, He sent us Jesus, to redeem us under the law and adopt us as His children.
We, on the other had, have a tendency not to take time but to hurry. We think we are helping situations and really we are making things worse. I’m convicted, pondering how hurry has impacted my relationships, my service, my generosity.
I am so guilty of this. God forgive me.
Interestingly, on my trip to Africa, my word for most every day was patience as hurry was not an option. Nothing goes fast in Africa. As I rest and reflect on the trip, that’s a big lesson for me. Thanks God.
So, as you celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ today, join me in considering how hurry may be trying to destroy your life, hinder your impact, and limit your generosity. Instead discover the power of “going slow to go fast.”