Being in a Hurry isn’t a time problem, It is a spiritual problem.
Has Satan declared War on you and you are not aware of the battle?
The World and most people are rushed and in a hurry. Being in a hurry comes in many forms and manifestations. None of them are a blessing from God. There are no words in the bible where God blesses believers with a lifestyle of hurriedness. There are numerous words in the bible on slowing down, being still, being in silence, patience and most of all waiting on the Lord.
When God asks you to be in the world but not of the world, this is one of the areas He thinks is most important. Therefore, it is an area that Satan feels the need to attack the most.
Hurry steals the very thing love needs most: time. Rushing creates a barrier that disconnects us from God’s presence and keeps us from being truly present with others. When you are consumed by hurry, it can blind you to the needs of the people God loves.
Hurry changes how I treat the people that God loves.
Hurry steals the time we need to show genuine care. When we rush, we lose the ability to be truly present, causing us to treat others—whom God loves deeply—as obstacles, interruptions, or tasks rather than as people.
Ask yourself how many times you became irritated at the cashier for moving too slowly. The clerk behind the counter at the post office, or any employee at DMV. The person in the car ahead of you that did not move the second the light turned green. A family member that just seems not to understand. Impatient with any situation that was not going your way and at the speed you wanted it to happen.
God loves each of these people that you are irritated at, and He never runs out of patience. We do not know what is happening in that person’s life today. Why do they seem distracted? Yet God has asked us to show love, compassion, empathy, and long suffering. The very same things he showed you on your walk with Him.
God asks you to have His character when dealing with all people.
What happens when the pace of life becomes frantic, it fundamentally alters our behavior toward others in several destructive ways:
Loss of Patience: We snap, speak harshly, or grow frustrated when others do not meet our schedule.
Reduced Empathy: Because love and compassion require time to sit and listen, hurry prevents us from seeing and sharing in the struggles of those around us.
Shallow Interactions: We don’t take the time to listen and care with Love. We just say “I will pray for you” and then we hurry up and leave the conversation.
Self-Centeredness: When we are in a hurry, we view the demands of others as burdens rather than opportunities to serve.
God does not treat us this way and He reminds us that He said they will know you are my disciples because of your Love.
The World may teach and tell you that you can multitask, handle it all, run a business, family and many more things. There is nothing wrong with any of that and all of it may be good. But not if you mistreat the very people God loves and He came to save.
God reminds us that it is not about how much we obtain, in wealth, status, standing in the community, size of house, or the car we drive. God reminds me that everyone is his son or daughter and we need to treat them as such.
Today, make sure you are living your life with God’s definition of success and not the world’s idea of wealth and success.
Remember it is not about religion; it is about a relationship.
Love and Prayers for All.
Larry
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