February 19, 2006
Psa 119:60 KJV I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
“Sin in haste, repent at leisure” is so true of human nature. We are so hasty in our sinful disobedience that it could often be avoided if we’d just slow down in order to ponder on what we are doing. By contrast, we seem to drag our feet when it comes time to doing right and godly things.
Here are good examples of this. I often have to raise donations for the ministry I am devoted to. Since I understand that people have a responsibility to God for the money He has given them, I patiently subject myself to answering a myriad of questions, all for the purpose of proving my good faith. My question is, do those same people practice the same slow scrupulous sort of financial responsibility for everything they spend? or only for the donated dollar, while they easily, quickly and carelessly spend their money when it comes to their pleasure? Another one is that we quickly endorse the judgment of a doctor or psychologist with no questions asked, but we feel that we have to go slow and check the motives before endorsing the godly counsel of a pastor who may convict our souls. Oh, of what a wicked nature we are, applying different standards in every situation as it suits us!
Delayed obedience will become total disobedience. Once we have been told in the Word what to do, let us joyfully haste in owning the privilege of having received His commandment. Let us not be quick and thoughtless in sinning, while slow and doubtful in obeying the commandment of the Lord.
1Sa 21:8 KJV … because the king's business required haste.
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