Latest / Still, Here / Hurry is Not Wisdom – The Formed Future

Transcript

Hurry is Not Wisdom – The Formed Future · Still, Here

• 0:01
  SPEAKER_00: This is still here.
• 0:04
  SPEAKER_00: A quiet moment to remember what is true.
• 0:08
  SPEAKER_00: Listen to these words from the book of Luke, chapter 10, verses 38 through 42.
• 0:16
  SPEAKER_00: As they went on their way,
• 0:18
  SPEAKER_00: he entered into a certain village,
• 0:20
  SPEAKER_00: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_00: She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard his words.
• 0:31
  SPEAKER_00: But Martha was distracted with much serving,
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: and she came up to him and said,
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone?
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_00: Ask her therefore to help me.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_00: Jesus answered her, Martha,
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_00: Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is needed.
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_00: Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_00: Hurry often sounds responsible.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: It tells us we are getting ready, staying ahead, making sure nothing falls through the cracks.
• 1:09
  SPEAKER_00: And when life is changing quickly, hurry can feel almost wise.
• 1:14
  SPEAKER_00: There is always another thing to learn,
• 1:17
  SPEAKER_00: another headline to understand,
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_00: another tool to figure out,
• 1:22
  SPEAKER_00: another decision that seems as if it should have been made yesterday.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_00: Underneath hurry, though, there is often fear.
• 1:31
  SPEAKER_00: The fear of being left out.
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_00: The fear of being too slow.
• 1:36
  SPEAKER_00: The fear that if we stop moving for a moment, we will lose our place.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_00: The fear that can show up anywhere.
• 1:45
  SPEAKER_00: Work.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_00: Family.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: Money.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: Ministry.
• 1:49
  SPEAKER_00: Technology.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_00: Even our spiritual life.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: We start believing faithfulness is always in the next moment.
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_00: Then we meet Martha.
• 2:06
  SPEAKER_00: Jesus entered her home.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_00: There were things to do.
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_00: Hospitality mattered.
• 2:12
  SPEAKER_00: Luke says something more specific.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_00: She was distracted with much serving.
• 2:19
  SPEAKER_00: Jesus says she was anxious and troubled about many things.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: That is a different problem.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_00: Martha is physically in the room with Jesus.
• 2:29
  SPEAKER_00: But her attention is being pulled somewhere else.
• 2:33
  SPEAKER_00: Many of us know exactly what that feels like.
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_00: We are not trying to do wrong.
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_00: We are trying to hold life together.
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_00: But while doing that, the soul becomes scattered.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_00: We finish one task while thinking about three more.
• 2:50
  SPEAKER_00: We sit with someone while half our attention is somewhere else.
• 2:55
  SPEAKER_00: We pray while mentally rehearsing the next problem.
• 2:59
  SPEAKER_00: Mary sits at Jesus' feet and listens.
• 3:03
  SPEAKER_00: Jesus calls that the good part.
• 3:06
  SPEAKER_00: Not because the work does not matter.
• 3:08
  SPEAKER_00: Because presence matters too.
• 3:11
  SPEAKER_00: The future will always offer another next thing.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_00: Another warning.
• 3:17
  SPEAKER_00: Another opportunity.
• 3:19
  SPEAKER_00: Another strategy.
• 3:20
  SPEAKER_00: Another reason to speed up.
• 3:23
  SPEAKER_00: But God does not meet us in the next moment.
• 3:27
  SPEAKER_00: God meets us now.
• 3:29
  SPEAKER_00: This moment is where we hear.
• 3:32
  SPEAKER_00: This moment is where we become honest enough to notice what is happening inside us.
• 3:38
  SPEAKER_00: This moment is where we can discover whether we are serving from love or from anxiety.
• 3:45
  SPEAKER_00: Hurry may make us faster.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_00: It may make us look productive.
• 3:50
  SPEAKER_00: It may even help us accomplish a great deal.
• 3:54
  SPEAKER_00: It will not necessarily make us wise.
• 3:58
  SPEAKER_00: Wisdom grows in a soul that can become present to God.
• 4:02
  SPEAKER_00: So, choose one ordinary moment today and do not rush through it.
• 4:08
  SPEAKER_00: Drink your coffee.
• 4:09
  SPEAKER_00: Walk to the car.
• 4:11
  SPEAKER_00: Wash the dishes.
• 4:13
  SPEAKER_00: Open the email and answer only the email in front of you.
• 4:17
  SPEAKER_00: Sit for a moment before beginning the next task and pray something very simple.
• 4:23
  SPEAKER_00: Jesus, meet me here.
• 4:26
  SPEAKER_00: Then notice what rises.
• 4:29
  SPEAKER_00: What are you carrying?
• 4:31
  SPEAKER_00: What are you trying to outrun?
• 4:34
  SPEAKER_00: Where does your mind keep insisting you need to be instead?
• 4:38
  SPEAKER_00: The future does not become clearer because we abandon the present.
• 4:43
  SPEAKER_00: The formed future begins when the next moment stops stealing the grace of this one.
• 4:51
  SPEAKER_00: Take a moment for this prayer of presence.
• 4:55
  SPEAKER_00: Lord Jesus, I am often anxious and troubled about many things.
• 5:00
  SPEAKER_00: I live too much in the next moment.
• 5:03
  SPEAKER_00: I hurry because some part of me is afraid of being left behind.
• 5:09
  SPEAKER_00: Teach me to become present with you in the moment I have now.
• 5:14
  SPEAKER_00: Help me receive the good part that cannot be taken away.
• 5:19
  SPEAKER_00: Gather my scattered attention and form presence in me, for hurry has been ruling.
• 5:25
  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
• 5:28
  SPEAKER_00: As you turn again toward your work and responsibilities, carry this prayer with you.
• 5:36
  SPEAKER_00: Jesus, meet me here, not only in what comes next.
• 5:53
  SPEAKER_00: Jesus, meet me here,
• 5:58
  SPEAKER_00: not only in what comes
• 6:03
  SPEAKER_00: next.
• 6:13
  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, stay steady, stay open, stay present.
• 6:19
  SPEAKER_00: You are still here.