What if the greatest enemy to the life that you want is the life that you’re living?

“Hurry and love are incompatible.” —John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

“God walks “slowly” because he is love. If he is not love he would have gone much faster. Love has its speed. It is an inner speed. It is a spiritual speed. It is a different kind of speed from the technological speed to which we are accustomed. It is “slow” yet it is lord over all other speeds since it is the speed of love.” —Kosuka Koyama, Three Mile an Hour God

There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.
Proverbs 14:12

Jesus said to him, “I am the WAY, and the truth, and the life.”
John 14:6a

As Jesus walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him.
Mark 2:14

²⁸ “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30

A Better Way

• The solution to our hurry is not having more time, but making time for the

man before the

Reveal Answer

man.

Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray.
Mark 1:35

After sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone.
Matthew 14:23

Be still, and know that I am God.
Psalm 46:10a

And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.
Genesis 2:3

And Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”
Mark 2:27

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the stuff that doesn’t matter so you can

Reveal Answer

the things that matter most.

³¹ “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’… ³³ Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
Matthew 6:31,33

…making the best use of time, because the days are evil.
Ephesians 5:16

• The

of your life defeats the

Reveal Answer

of your life.

¹ The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. ² He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. ³ He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Psalm 23:1-3

Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!
Psalm 34:8

Practice Slowing

• Get in the long grocery line.

• Drive in the slow lane.

• Set limits for social media.

• Turn off the TV.

• Control your phone don’t let your phone control you.

• Take long slow walks.

• Single-task.

“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
Matthew 11:28-30

Our Prayer

God help me walk slowly enough to know Jesus intimately and love people genuinely.