{"id":899,"date":"2015-12-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplemaker.org\/?p=899"},"modified":"2015-12-20T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T14:00:00","slug":"is-there-a-speed-limit-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2015\/12\/is-there-a-speed-limit-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there a Speed Limit to Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>Speed. Hurry. We pay a price for the pace at which we live. The late French historian Jacques Ellul commented, \u201cNo one knows where we are going, the aim of life has been forgotten, the end has been left behind. Man has set out at tremendous speed&#8211;to go <em>nowhere<\/em>.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u201cThese days, speed is of the essence,\u201d observes David Sharp of <em>USA Today<\/em>. \u201cAnything that can\u2019t keep up becomes the cultural equivalent of roadkill.\u201d Yes, the world is going faster. And yes, we in turn are also going faster. But the important question no one asks is this: When does <em>faster<\/em> become <em>too fast<\/em>?<br \/>\n<strong>Speed breeds dysfunction.<\/strong><br \/>\nIs there a speed limit to life? What happens when we exceed it? Does God give us a ticket? I have thought long and hard about the issue of speed and have come to believe that it is as much responsible for the problem of personal and societal dysfunction as any other single factor.<br \/>\nGod, I suspect, doesn\u2019t fit any better into our breakneck schedules than our children do. We walk fast, talk fast, eat fast, and then announce, \u201cSorry, I\u2019ve got to run.\u201d The trouble is, God\u2019s not running after us. He knows that speed does not yield devotion. He knows that with all our running we\u2019re just opening an ever greater distance between where we\u2019re running to and where He\u2019s waiting for us. I think I would not be far wrong if I were to postulate that our sense of the presence of God is in inverse proportion to the pace of our lives.<br \/>\n<strong>Keeping pace with Jesus means slowing down.<\/strong><br \/>\nHave you ever noticed that Jesus never seemed to hurry? The Bible never says anything about Him running. Apparently, Jesus believed that very little of lasting spiritual or emotional value happens in the presence of speed. Jesus understood that busyness, productivity, and efficiency are speed words, not kingdom words. At times they are appropriate values&#8211;but they are never transcendent. Jesus understood that meditation, wisdom, and worship are slow, mellow, and deep.<br \/>\nIs it possible to consciously slow our pace? Of course it is. We just have to say <em>no<\/em> more often. It is not easy, but it is necessary&#8211;and it is right.<br \/>\nEvery year the world spins faster. So put on the brakes and obey the speed limit of your soul. The green pastures and still waters yet await us&#8211;but not in the direction the treadmill is spinning.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nDive deeper to learn the speed needed to nourish your soul, by reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/p\/the-overload-syndrome\/9781576831311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Overload Syndrome<\/em> <\/a>by Richard A. Swenson, MD.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/p\/the-overload-syndrome\/9781576831311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/Overload-Syndrome.jpg\" alt=\"Overload Syndrome\" width=\"216\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speed. Hurry. We pay a price for the pace at which we live. 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