CADENCE Part 1: Why Hurry Is Not God’s Best

By 1985: the average American will work 22 hours per week for only 27 weeks out of the year..SLOW:
mentally dull; having qualities that hinder rapid progress or action; naturally inert or sluggish; lacking in life; boring.
Merriam-Webster

There isn’t one place in scripture where Jesus was in a hurry.

HURRY SICKNESS
A behavior pattern characterized by continual rushing and anxiousness.

HURRY SICKNESS
1. You treat everything like a race.
2. You find it impossible to do just one task at a time.
3. You get highly irritable when experiencing a delay.
4. You feel perpetually behind schedule.
5. You interrupt or talk over people.
6. You’re obsessed with checking things off your to-do list.

1 Corinthians 13:4 NIV
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

HURRY SICKNESS
1. You treat everything like a race.
2. You find it impossible to do just one task at a time.
3. You get highly irritable when experiencing a delay.
4. You feel perpetually behind schedule.
5. You interrupt or talk over people.
6. You’re obsessed with checking things off your to-do list.

Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life in our day.
~Dallas Willard

If love is patient that means love and hurry are utterly incompatible.

If Satan can’t make you sin he’ll often make you busy.

Ephesians 5:15-16 NIV
15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

Matthew 11:28-30 NIV
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 MSG
28 “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.” 29 “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.” 30 “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.”