No Reason to Hurry
“Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” — James 1:4
We live in a high-strung, neurotic, impatient age. We hurry when there’s no reason to hurry, just to be hurrying. Sometimes we fail to remember that life is a journey. We become so preoccupied with our immediate concerns that we don’t step back and see the whole picture. For many people life is a constant struggle just to survive. Others have everything they could ever want yet remain unsatisfied and unfulfilled. Some see their own life’s journey as a series of unrelated events — some good, some bad — strung together like beads on a string. Others feel trapped like a leaf in a rushing stream, tossed about by circumstances beyond control. Many people may never have stopped to think about the road they are traveling. God didn’t intend for our journey through life to be this way. Instead, He meant for it to be filled with joy and purpose, with even the most ordinary events being part of His plan. He also wants to guide us as we make decisions and to give us hope for the future. Most of all, He wants to make this journey with us.
