Recently I’ve discovered something that has added a lot of enjoyment my daily commute to work and back. I’ve learned that all seven of the lights along the route I take are timed in such a way that if I travel exactly at the speed limit the whole way, they turn green just before I reach them.
In fact, most of the lights in town are that way. Using my new time saving strategy of driving the speed limit, recently I travelled about 10 miles down a major road in Lansing all the way to my home in Grand Ledge without hitting a single red light!
Think of the unnecessary frustration I’ve experienced over the years when I’ve been trying to get to work as fast as I can, going over the speed limit, and having to wait at half the stop lights.
How fast is the speed of God? Although it might seem like it would be faster than light, it is often slower than the pace of our lives.
How often we live our lives in a hurry, doing three things at once, trying to finish our tasks in half the time it takes for dinner to cook in the microwave, and still feeling like we don’t have time for prayer and Bible study.
God once gave me a mental picture of what my hectic life was like. I saw myself running on a treadmill as fast as it could possibly go. My legs were flying out behind me and I was holding on to the handrails with white knuckles. What struck me next was the thought that while I was crazily flailing around but moving nowhere, God was actually walking behind the treadmill pushing it along at His pace.
I can't make true progress in life any faster than the speed I will go if I am walking closely with God. He is calling us to slow down and be sure He is central in our lives. When we make it our aim to walk side by side with Him through life, we will go where we really need to go, and do what we really need to do.
You may be surprised when you slow down to His speed, and find you’re actually getting places faster than you were before.
“Be still and know that I am God...”
(Psalm 46:10)
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
(Matthew 6:33)
