Manic Monday~
RUSHING
to get everything done before Friday,
but all in one day.
RUSHING~
moving as fast as you can,
as I know firsthand,
because RUSHING was my middle name
and I never really got anything done
because
whenever I was
RUSHING
I created more of a mess
that I had to
RUSH
to clean up
so that I would get everything done.
RUSHING~
"a sudden forward motion, or a surge or onslaught."
RUSHING~
A Race.
What are you RUSHING 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 Endurance.
The same
PERSEVERANCE~
JESUS practiced 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.
What if JESUS RUSHED to the cross?
What if HE raced right from the cradle to the cross
with nothing in-between.
Think about it.
No walking on water
No healing the brokenhearted
No temptation in the dessert
No rejection
No __________.
But JESUS
took
HIS time
as
HE walked this earth
with
PATIENT ENDURANCE
so HE could
walk HIS last week of
HIS "earthly" life
with
PATIENT ENDURANCE
showing us how it is done.
JESUS' eyes were fixed on the finish line,
The JOY set before HIM (Hebrews 12:2)~
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" (Hebrews 12:2)~
PATIENT 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, and weighing us down~
"let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles." (Hebrews 12:1).
RUSHING HINDERS~
"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~
"If we confess our sins, HE is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (I John 1:9)
Let's
finish strong this week,
because JESUS finished strong this week,
by
FASTING
from
RUSHING
in our thinking
in our being
in our doing
by
"fixing our eyes on JESUS, the pioneer and perfecter of faith" (Hebrews 12:2)
Who is 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
"ONCE AND FOR ALL"
(listen to the song below)
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