Manic Monday
Rushing
to get everything done before Friday, but all in one day.
Moving as fast as I can
because that is the only way I know how to move...
but it always slows me down
because while I am rushing
I am creating more of a mess
that I have to rush to clean up
so that I will get everything done.
Rushing:
"a sudden forward motion, or a surge or onslaught."
Rushing:
a Race
What are you in a rush to get done?
What is your finish line that you are focused on?
We are told that life is a race in Hebrews 12:1
and how to run it~
" let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us".
Perseverance:
It is a determination, unhurrying and yet undelaying, which goes steadily on and refuses to be deflected.” (Barclay)
Perseverance: patient enduruance
The same perseverance Jesus had as He entered into Jerusalem
the last week of His Life,
that began Holy Week~
it was the best of times , and the worst of times~
as our Pastor so brilliantly explained yesterday.
This got me thinking...
What if Jesus rushed to the cross?
What if He raced right from the cradle to the cross
with nothing in-between~
No walking on water
No healing the brokenhearted
No temptation in the dessert
No rejection
No...
But He took His time
as He walked this earth
with patient endurance
so He could
walk this last week of His life
with patient endurance
showing us how it is done.
Jesus' eyes were fixed on the finish line~
on the cross,
well not really because
His eyes were fixed on
the joy set before Him~
the Joy
that was to happen after the cross
the Joy
that He didn't rush to make happen
the Joy
that put Him on the cross
the Joy
as He felt every nail that the soldiers didn't even rush to drive into Him
the Joy
as He cried out in pain to His Father
the Joy
that He didn't rush through
as He waited three days
before
He rose...
All for the joy as
He endured the cross,
pateintly enduring
so that we
can patiently endure
as we walk from
our the cradle to our cross...
Our cross~
where we get to nail whatever is hindering , weighing us down~
let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.
" But there are also things that may not be sin (every weight) but are merely hindrances that can keep us from running effectively the race God has for us."(Guzik)
Rushing
hinders
because
if Jesus rushed
it would have hindered us
from ever experiencing real
Joy!
Let's finish strong this week
because Jesus finished strong
this week and
Fast
from
Rushing
in our thinking
in our being
in our doing
by
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.
our finish line
Our Joy~
WHO
enables us to
do one thing at one time
because HE did the
One thing
One time
to save us
for Once.
Consider Him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Hebrews 12: 1-3
So why are you rushing?
*Hmm, God would not let me rush through this writing this morning...
Wait Loss Log
1st Pound: Self
2nd Pound: Complaining and Blame
3rd Pound: Chaos
4th Pound: Shame
5th Pound : Forsaken
6th Pound: What do you have to lose
7th Pound: Jealousy
8th Pound: Fear
9th Pound: I Am Not
10th Pound: Timidity
11th Pound: I Don’t Know
12th Pound: Hopelessness
13th Pound: What is weighing you down
14th Pound: Frustration
15th Pound: DIS-belief
16th Pound: Running Away
17th Pound: Anxiety
18th Pound: Stumbling & Falling
19th Pound: Dark Clouds
20th Pound: IT
21st Pound: Multi~Tasking
22nd Pound: Unwholesome Talk
23rd Pound: Trees
24th Pound: Nobody
25th Pound: Angry Elf
26th Pound: The Fool
27th Pound: The Past
28TH Pound: Distractions
29th Pound: Meaningless-ness
30th Pound: Nobody
31st Pound: Discontentment
32nd Pound: Procrastination
33rd Pound: Judgement
34th Pound: Rushing