Freedom from Urgency

 

Urgency is a human thing
God’s perspective eliminates all negative associations with the passing of time
There is no being late or too late
No stress of immediate, urgent need
God knows all things – He is not surprised or caught off guard
He is never unprepared!
 
We worry and fret
Deadlines and urgency are familiar to our human experience
We try to catch-up and keep-up, stay ahead of all that is required
We don’t want to be late or behind
Life can feel like a race
Trying not to lose ground
 
Stress and urgency often mark our view of current time
Regret and sorrow invade our view of the past
While anxious thoughts tempt us to worry over the future
 
This is foreign to God and the atmosphere of heaven
God knows and understands – but He is different than us
Jesus understands
Scripture tells us that He faced all that we do, and yet without sin
Urgency is a human thing, an earthly reality
In heaven there is no need
 
God’s redemptive power eliminates all regret, sorrow and loss from the past
All things are worked together for blessing and advancement
He sees the end from the beginning
God is never at a loss for how to restore us
 
God is never lacking the resources needed to provide
He is always equipping in the present with our future in mind
His preparation is informed perfectly and lacks nothing
 
Time is never a limiting factor for God
Eternity is His timeline, so He is never late or short on time
He operates both in the “suddenly” when something changes in an instant –
And in “the fullness of time”
 
I may not be able to understand it
Surely, I cannot experience the fullness of it!
But I can glimpse the promise –
And taste the freedom of trusting
In a God who is untainted by human urgency