Quick

I grew up playing basketball every chance I had. In Kentucky, basketball was to preferred sport. It’s a fast-moving game and quickness really counts. Quickness counts in lots of sports – football, tennis, NASCAR, swimming, just to name a few. Golf on the other hand, doesn’t require quickness as much as it does accuracy and distance. Quickness even helps in baseball even though it’s a “slow-moving” game, the quickness of players and the bat speed when hitting matters. Quickness matters a good bit even in my everyday life.  I think it is in James where we are challenge with good quickness to listen. Check this out…

¹⁹ My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, (James 1:19 NIV)

I have much to learn about quickness. I have learned over the years that if I respond to situations too quick, I might make a mistake. However, if I move too slow, the decision is irrelevant. Asaph reminds the people of Israel to return to following the Lord because He responds quickly. Check this out….

¹³ “If my people would only listen to me,
    if Israel would only follow my ways,
¹⁴ how quickly I would subdue their enemies
    and turn my hand against their foes!
¹⁵ Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him,
    and their punishment would last forever.
¹⁶ But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;
    with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” (Psalm 81:13-16 NIV)

I want to start every day seeking counsel from the Lord. I want to give Him each day at the very beginning of the day. I want Him to direct my path each day. I want to follow His guidance each day. I want to hear from Him all throughout the day. I can’t begin to describe the peace that rules my heart, when my life is surrendered to Him. I have given up control, but He has everything under control because I trust Him. He is so quick to respond to my needs, my requests, my hurts and my joys!  I can’t imagine my life without the Lord leading.

Pressing On!

Dwayne