Nothing More and Nothing Less

“Desire without knowledge is not good—

    how much more will hasty feet miss the way!”

Proverbs 19:2

 

 

Hasty feet make mistakes.

Hasty feet walk in ways they should not go.

There is a time for urgency to be sure.

But urgency is not the same as haste.

Hasty is defined as: acting too quickly while urgency is defined as:

a force or impulse that impels or constrains.

As believers we need to know the urgency of the hour but never to act hastily based only on urgency apart from knowledge.

The scriptures teach us that hasty feet miss the way.

These hasty feet can be sincere and full of good intentions but they must not move apart from the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Led by Him are feet walk in His way, in fruitful and abundant ministry.

We are not to be spinning our wheels doing what we think is right but instead are to be led in all that we do by His Holy Spirit.

Can this be an excuse?

Sure, some will do nothing and say they were not led!

But this response reveals more about a lack of relationship than anything else.

If you spend time at His feet, there will also come a time when He sends you forth.

Both are necessary.

Both are essential in each of our lives.

Jesus knew how to spend time with the Father.

That time with the Father gave Him marching orders for the day.

When He said: “It is finished!” He was certainly speaking of more than just good intentions.

He was speaking of completing the work the Father gave Him to do.

Nothing more and nothing less!