I spend most of my days running from one thing to another. And the busier I get, the faster I have to run. I don't intentionally full my days so full, it just seems to happen that way.
One day a few years ago I was working in my garage trying to finish one project before I had to rush into the next one. As I am diligently busy, someone upstairs called for me. I thought to myself, "I don't have time for this!" and I headed for the door.
Being as busy as I was I decided I would run up the stairs, take care of the problem and get back to my job in Superman time. Entering the house from the garage, I grabbed the door frame to slingshot myself around the corner and up the stairs. I was building a great head of steam, aiming to take the first five steps in a single leap. I was moving almost faster than the speed of sound! I know this because there was a sonic boom as I rounded the corner!
It seems that the call from upstairs was the bait for a trap that had been laid for me. My daughter, Tashia, loves to scare people. She loves to hide behind doors, around corners, or anywhere to leap out and scream at you. She's actually very gifted in this!
She was hiding in the closet under the stairs as I rounded the corner. She had the door cracked just a bit so she could see me coming. As I rounded the corner, she swung the door open, . . . and right into my face! Because I was moving like a bullet, the door caught me right in the forehead, just between the eyes. That was the sonic boom.
I staggered back, waiting for the ringing in my ears to stop and the room to quit spinning. Tashia, at first laughing, realized I really was hurt, . . . and laughed all the harder!
The dizziness lasted for only a moment, and the knot on my forehead wasn't too bad. (Although some might question more permanent brain damage!) I survived and we all laugh about it still today.
But sometimes in our rushing, the BAM! at the end is more painful, maybe even deadly. Sometimes in our rushing, we rush headlong into a trap laid by the enemy. In Genesis 4:7 God is having a conversation with Cain. Cain is upset and God tells him to just do well and everything will be OK. But, God says, "if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it."
How often in our days of hustle and bustle do we do things without even thinking about them? How often do we 'react' instead of thinking to ourselves, "Is this the right way to handle this situation?" We need to remember, sin is right there, crouching in the closet, wanting to smack us in the face with the door!
Slow down today. Look before you rush into things. Sin desires you, but "you must rule over it."
Think about it!
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