We must consider why the world is moving so fast. For some it is a thirst to grab all that life has to offer. It may mean working all the time to make more money to buy a bigger house, a better car or nicer clothes. Each of those things have no error connected to them because they are inanimate objects. A house, car or clothes are things and are not possessed of a spirit. Working all the time becomes a driving force in the person’s life. There are never enough hours in the day to get done what they want to do. The Christian slows things down by knowing the danger of what the word “covet” means. The word mean in effect, one is never satisfied, that is as the word is defined “more to have”.
It is alright to have a home, car or clothes. The wrong comes in as to how we get it. The thugs and hoodlums burning up the businesses in Ferguson are not willing to work. In their mind stealing is cheaper. They like the “workaholic” can never be satisfied. They want the sun to go down so they can steal. For every object they steal, the hole in their heart is not filled anymore. We work then to care for our families and we work to have extra to help those in need. The joy of life and I might add the slowing down, is from a life given to help others. There is not enough hours in the day or in our lives that we can ever be satisfied with the good we are doing or the people we are becoming by being close to the Lord (Gal. 22,23; Gal. 6:10).
When our purpose in life is to serve the Lord Christ, what can ever be done to remove that purpose from hearts growing to love the Lord? Paul says there is nothing that can separate us from the love of Christ (Rom. 8:39). The world around us is not faster nor slower when we find the Lord. The purpose in life is find those things which please Him and then throw all of our efforts into achieving those things ( I John 3:22). Because humanity is suffering because of sin, we all have work to do as long as we live. The ticking of the clock becomes less important as we realize that God has given us only this day and no other. Use it for Him (Matt. 6:34).