What's the Hurry?

   Recently, I went grocery shopping with my wife, my oldest daughter and her two children.  My two little grandkids love to help mommy shop, grabbing cookies and whatever else that is in their reach and tossing it into the buggy.  But this trip was a little different.  My little grandson was out ahead of the buggy trying to rush things along.  All throughout the store he was obviously in a rush to get out of there.    Getting a little frustrated his mother ask, "Son, what's the hurry."


  Recently, my study and my mediations have all been in this same direction.  I almost feel like the Lord is asking me, "Son, what is the hurry?"   I think that the Lord is speaking this to all His people.  He misses His children and wants to spend time with us.  He is saying "Wait".

  We live in a rush rush hurry hurry world and it seems like none of us spend as much time in the word and with the Lord in prayer as we should.  There is countless examples in the word where our Heavenly Father is telling us to wait on Him.  Isaiah 40, " Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength...."  Lamentations 3:26  "It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord."  Lamentations 3:25  "The Lord is good to those who wait on Him, to those who diligently seek Him."  Even Jesus told His disciples in Luke 24:49 to "tarry (wait) in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high."   I wonder, what would have happened if the desciples and the rest of the 120 in the Upper Room had been in a hurry and not stuck around.  They would have missed out on the promise of God!  They would have missed out completely!


  If we want the blessings of God in our lives we can't continue to treat Him like our local drive through at McDonalds.  We can't pretend that His blessings are like the new microwave oven I just installed where we can have our food fully cooked in just a couple of minutes.  He wants us to wait.  He wants us to spend time with Him. When we get into to big of a rush when it comes to seeking the Lord, then we will never know what blessings we will miss out on.  I beg of you this night, wait upon the Lord.  Spend some quality time with Him by seeking His presence in your life.   Don't give up!  Don't lose interest!  And most importantly don't get in a hurry!