It was Napoleon who was quoted as saying, “Dress me slow for I must ride fast today”. Today we have shortened it to, “Slower is Faster”. That’s not always true but there is some sense in the saying. If we are not prepared, or if we don’t think about what we are going to have to do when we get to where we are going, then when we get there, we won’t be ready. On the job it is always hurry up and today its about immediacy. We want our information now without hesitation. We want our messages to be pushed to us continuously regardless of where we are and what we are doing. We want to know that those we work with are in constant communication and always on and ready to reply. So, when someone comes along and asks us to sit down, plan, write it out, rehearse, discuss, think or to go slower, we rebel or at the least we don’t want to get out of our pattern or lose our momentum. But, sometimes we do need to go slower to be faster. But, it’s really hard to do this in today’s world. Just to provide some context, this is really not that new. In the Psalms, David wrote about saying to God; “In the day when I call answer me speedily”. He also prayed; “I am in trouble: hear me speedily”. David was not willing to go slow with God, but instead was just like the rest of us and wanted, in this case, his answers, now. But that is not how God works. He works on us slowly so that one day we can go fast with confidence. Think today about what areas in your life are you asking God to hurry up and work at your speed versus His. Also, take a look around your office and see if there some areas where you could benefit from slowing down to see where slower could be faster for you and those around you.

Reference: Psalm 102:2, 69:17 (New Living Testament)