People with watches don’t necessarily have the time
A few weeks back I watched “Cast Away.” I’m a bit of a Tom Hanks nut, and his work with Zemekis is always pretty good.
Hanks’ character in that movie is a FedEx manager who drills the importance of the enemy of the clock. Everything is driven by the clock…until he survives a plane crash by himself on a remote island for over three years.
I don’t know if it is because I am approaching 40, or if it is because God has decided to start to grant me some morsel of wisdom…but I’m having a pull from within to block off more of my time for things that are more important.
I love activity and I love deadlines. Deadlines for me are not to be feared – I simply view them as things that help me prioritize. I have, for years, been a person who wants to be doing something at all times. The downside to this is that I really have a challenge with one particular part of scripture. Consider how out of place in the 21st century pace the phrase “be still and know that I am God” is (Psalm 46).
The best I can say is that I am trying. In the few times I have been able to accomplish just being still, there have been blessings. For me, I am trying to prioritize. Maybe if all of God’s people would find just a few collective hours more per year to “be still,” we could find more comfort, more spiritual fire, and more spiritual healing than trying to do spiritual life fast-food style – and possibly even more patience.
-MH
