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May 1, 2018, 2:40:08 AM5/1/18

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Hurry Not

“Ruthlessly eliminate hurry.” When two friends repeated that adage by the wise Dallas Willard to me, I knew I needed to consider it. Where was I spinning my wheels, wasting time and energy? More important, where was I rushing ahead and not looking to God for guidance and help? In the weeks and months that followed, I remembered those words and reoriented myself back to the Lord and His wisdom. I reminded myself to trust in Him, rather than leaning on my own ways.

After all, rushing around frantically seems to be the opposite of the “perfect peace” the prophet Isaiah speaks of. The Lord gives this gift to “those whose minds are steadfast,” because they trust in Him (v. 3). And He is worthy of being trusted today, tomorrow, and forever, for “the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal” (v. 4). Trusting God with our minds fixed on Him is the antidote to a hurried life.

Lord God, You give the peace that passes all understanding.

How about us? Do we sense that we’re hurried or even hasty? Maybe, in contrast, we often experience a sense of peace. Or perhaps we’re somewhere in between the two extremes.

Wherever we may be, I pray today that we’ll be able to put aside any hurry as we trust the Lord, who will never fail us and who gives us His peace.

Lord God, You give the peace that passes all understanding, which is a gift I don’t want to take for granted. Thank You.

God’s peace helps us not to hurry.

别匆忙！

坚心倚赖祢的，祢必保守他十分平安，因为他倚靠祢。-以赛亚书26章3节

当我两个朋友都同样地提醒我：别匆忙，放慢脚步！我知道自己该慎重地反省了。我到底在哪一方面行事匆忙，浪费时间和精力呢？更重要的是，我在何处行事匆忙，没有寻求上帝的指引和帮助呢？在接下来的几个星期，甚至几个月当中，我谨记着朋友的劝告，并让自己重新倚靠主以及祂的智慧。我提醒自己要信靠祂，而不要依赖自己的方法。

其实，行事匆忙与先知以赛亚所说的“十分平安”刚好相反。上帝将平安赐给那些“坚心倚赖”的人，因为他们倚赖祂（3节）。上帝确实值得我们在今天、明天，直到永远不断地倚赖祂，“因为耶和华是永久的磐石”（4节）。我们的心思意念全然倚赖上帝，便是化解匆忙行事的良方。

我们正处于何种状态呢？我们是否感觉到自己行事匆忙，甚至轻率冲动？或者正好相反，我们常经历到平安。又或者，我们是处在两个极端之间。无论我们正处于何种光景，我祈盼今天我们能够不再匆匆忙忙，而是坚心倚赖那位永不让我们失望的上帝，祂必将平安赐给我们。

天父上帝，祢赐下那出人意外的平安，求祢让我不要视之为理所当然，我衷心感谢祢。