Slow Down

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Jesus was never in a hurry for anything. He always completed each task perfectly before He went on to the next one, no matter if it was building a chair in His carpenter shop or turning water into wine. He was never agitated, anxious, worried that he wouldn’t succeed because He was late for an appointment, and He never tried to cut in line to save time. Why?

Ask God to wake you up each morning at His time. For me this takes going bed shortly after the sun goes down, and waking up when the Holy Spirit nudges me in the morning. God includes enough time for all the prayer you need before you start your day. As you go through your day, you will have enough time to allow every child to cross the street without trying to run them over, and every car that needs to merge in front of you has time. Every person in the store, on the street, serving you food, deserves enough of your time to be thoughtful, courteous, pleasant and loving. God is never in a hurry, He is always on time. If you belong to God, and He guides your every footstep, everything you will do tomorrow God already finished preparing for you before you were born. 

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"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2: 9-11 "For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world." Hebrews 4: 2-4 Every good work that God expects from you was finished before the world was created. Why hurry?

Patience is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit, and patience comes from trusting God that He is in control of the smallest detail of your life. Maybe being 5 minutes late to work will keep you from being in a 5 car pileup on the freeway. Trust God, and plan to be at every appointment 15 minutes early. When you get there early, you can relax, have some water, use the restroom, and be truly ready instead of showing up sweaty and frustrated because the traffic was so bad.

"There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from His." Hebrews 4: 9,10

All this is really great advice, until you have deadlines, have to be somewhere at a certain time, or have to prepare for something, and don’t feel you have enough time. Then is when you need prayer the most! Sometimes God laughs at our plans, and makes His own. Are you willing to be His tool and let Him control your life? Will you trust that He knows what He is doing, and He hasn’t gotten busy with something or someone else and forgot about you? You are the apple of God’s eye, and this very moment Jesus is thinking about how much He loves you! So slow down, trust God, and “be ye therefore perfect, even as your Heavenly Father is perfect.”

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