Calm Haste

In The Journal of the Reverend John Wesley, Wesley wrote,

"Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry; because I undertake more work than I can go through with perfect calmness."


I sit here tonight having just finished submitting my final assignment for my homiletics class as well as completing the last of my discussion boards for both my homiletics and small group ministry classes. Now, I await my final grades.

Right now it seems that I'm in the calm between the storms as one school term has ended and another will begin next Monday. For me, life is always busy. Nearly every day someone inevitably walks up to my desk at work and starts by asking, "Hey boss, are you busy?" If I am at my best, I actually stop what I'm doing to pick my head up and respond properly. Most of the time I am in need of being reminded of Wesley's words above. More importantly however, I need to be reminded of Psalm 46:10, "Be still and know that I am God."

What this boils down to is time management and yet, greater still, reliance upon God. Being a motivated and driven person I can empathize with Wesley's attitude of haste. Yet his haste is not hurried or frantic. I see this as a call to greater growth and high productivity while maintaining a calm spirit as we strive to fulfill our calling.

Do you know that to which God has called you? Yes?

Together, may we move forward with calm haste as we fulfill His calling for our lives.