Jesus told us to love Him above all things and our neighbor as ourselves (Luke 10:27), so it makes sense we need to be interacting with others and showing His love to them. But what if we pass by the opportunities that He sends our way each day because we are rushing off to do something else? Jesus was on His way to see Jairus’ sick daughter who was dying but He was interrupted by the woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for 12 years. She touched the hem of his robe and Jesus didn’t ignore her, even though he was off on an urgent mission, He stopped and addressed her. Because He paused to have a conversation with the woman, her soul was healed as well as her physical body, and others were made aware of the miracle too.
You probably know the story that Jairus’ daughter died in the meantime and someone from her home comes to tell Jesus. But Jesus was on His Father’s time and goes on to raise the little girl from the dead. Jesus wasn’t too late to do His Father’s will! We also need to be on God’s time table, not ours and His may look different. He may tell us to stop and talk to someone who is discouraged and take time to listen; or maybe help a handicapped neighbor. It isn’t always convenient but often I find if I obey as prompted by the Spirit, it seems that the other work gets down in record time. May we not rush about doing our own thing but slow down and move at the speed of love.
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