“We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy…”

For a long time now we have been told that with only 15 minutes we can save 15% on our car insurance.  Driving on 101 North by the San Francisco airport is a new billboard.  It comes to us from esurance.  The sign says something about finding your insurance savings in 7 1/2 minutes.  Wow! That’s 1/2 the time of Geico.  Well, maybe not really a wow?  Some things in life 1/2 the time is a competitive advantage, but in others, it sends the wrong message.  If I want fast food I know where to find it.  But, when I sit down at a fine restaurant, like I did recently, and the food comes out in the same time that a McDonald’s order arrives, (which is what happened), everyone at the table looks at each other and says, “Something is not right.”  Knowing the difference between speed and quality is important.  Sometimes, a little more time can be way better than 1/2 the time.

Our God never claimed to be the God of fast.  He is the God of forever.  I am glad that He is not the God of fast as those things that come to us too quickly usually end up ruining us.  We implode under too fast and our spiritual and eternal life is too important critical to let it rush by.  God works in His own time and that time is always the perfect pace for us, if we will only believe and allow ourselves to accept that fact.  Today we may be waiting on a deal to close, or a test result, or the conversation about a promotion or salary raise, or a decision that can have major effect on us.  Let’s see if today, and over this weekend, if we can’t let God work in His time and then sit back and marvel in why it’s not always about being faster.

Reference:  Colossians 1:11 (New Living Translation)