I will instruct you and
teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Good morning brothers
and sisters, how often have you been so busy thinking ahead of yourself that
you make mistakes and forget about the present?
We live in a world in
which everything comes with instructions and many of our careers are focused on
completing goals. Often people can be so intent on completing the task that
they fail to dedicate themselves to the present and the now.
Elizabeth S. Craig recently
wrote on her blog page about what occurs when she goes to fast or gets ahead of
herself when she is writing. When she gets ahead of herself it is due to the
fact that she is already thinking about her next project, instead of the one
that she is on. She tells us what occurs when we move to fast and get ahead
of where we should be.
1.
We get
overwhelmed and then immobilized by the big picture.
2.
We being setting
expectations so high that we’re too eager and we take shortcuts with the task
at hand.
For her, it’s most helpful to look at what she is doing
each day.
·
Work on that day’s goals instead of jumping
ahead. There’s definitely a time to set long-range goals and plan, but
not at the risk of the task at hand getting completed correctly. She states
that slow and steady wins the race.
My prayer for you this
day is that you make God part of your planning and goal setting, when working
on projects as well as planning your life. When we place God in the equation,
He will keep us on task, on schedule and not three steps ahead ourselves.
Be slow and steady today
my friends!
This is the day that the
Lord has made.
Pastor Tim.
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