Today, we're going to take a posture of peace
by not treating hustle and hurry
like they are fruit of the spirit.
Posture is a short, audible fist bump
to remind you God is with you in everything.
Together, we're going to be emboldened
to take a daily posture of perfect peace.
In Psalm chapter 37, verses seven through nine,
it says, be still before the Lord
and wait patiently for him.
Fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
over the man who carries out evil devices.
Refrain from anger and forsake wrath.
Fret not yourself, it tends only to evil.
For the evildoers shall be cut off,
but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.
Patience never sees delay as a problem.
Patience always sees delay as a preparation
to fully inherit the promises of God.
And I think two of Satan's most popular devices
to try to disorient and distract us
from the purposes of God these days is hustle and hurry.
Yes, hustle and hurry.
Even now, even in the midst of the world,
slowing down, shutting down,
we find ourselves frantic and hurried
to just get through it.
And in this mode, many people disengage with God
because they are hustling through their day,
their circumstances,
and they are hurrying through their lives.
Too busy to pray, too impatient to worship or meditate,
too pressured to enjoy friendship with God,
too rushed to allow the Holy Spirit to prepare them
to fully inherit the promises of God.
And I have been challenged recently.
I've been challenged studying Jesus
and realizing Jesus was busy.
I think we all can agree Jesus got things done
while he was here on earth, meaningful, lasting things,
but Jesus never hustled.
He was never hurried by people or problems or things.
Jesus's pace was always this.
I only do what I see my father doing.
I only say what my father is saying.
And you know, at that pace,
he noticed the tax collector hanging out in the tree.
He stopped to talk to the woman at the well.
He didn't give in to the pressures
and the demands from the Pharisees
for an immediate response to the sins
of the adulterous woman they were wanting to kill
right then and there.
And you know, those interactions,
we still talk about today.
And while Jesus was so fully engaged with people,
Jesus also took time away from the praise,
from the need, from the demands of the crowds
to be with his father.
And so Jesus's pace, it sometimes disappointed people.
Oftentimes it confused people,
but he never changed his pace.
I think it's safe to say that no one knew the urgency
of the world's need better than Jesus.
It wasn't that he was unaware or didn't care
about people's situations or the state of the world.
He just never let the need for speed
overtake his sensitivity to the spirit.
And at that pace, he brought solutions and answers
and healing and wholeness,
and he flipped political and religious systems upside down,
and he changed societal norms.
And he, you know, even raised the dead.
Hustle and hurry are not a fruit of the spirit.
They are not a value in the kingdom.
It takes patience to build the important lasting things.
And like we talked about yesterday,
it takes patience to recognize the upgrade
being made available to us in trials and troubled times.
And it's patience, not hustle,
that empowers us to respond accordingly.
Patience is not passivity.
Patience is patience.
It aligns us with the pace of heaven.
So here's a great question to ask God today.
When you're feeling hurried,
when you want to hold on to something,
Hustle when you're feeling pressured to make it happen
when you want to hold on to something,
Ask God father
What are you doing? What are you saying and let his answer to that?
Set your pace
The promise of perfect peace is found in Isaiah 26 3 in Hebrew. It is Shalom Shalom
Meaning complete wholeness
Nothing missing nothing broken. This is who you are in Jesus because of Jesus
You are a living testimony of Jesus's ultimate win with every step you take today
You're putting Jesus's victory on display and Satan's defeat on replay
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