Don't Burn The Chicken
Slow and steady wins the race. All
of my life, in every aspect, I have struggled with taking things slow. I have
always wanted everything now and for everything to be done and over with. I
don’t know how many times my mother would make me go back and clean the
bathroom again because I tried to rush it and forgot to do things, or just left
things sloppy. I can hear her now, “Haste makes waste!” If I had listened to
her and taken the time to do things right to begin with, it would have taken
less time in the long run.
Even
today, I tend to rush things! One thing I am still learning, is that even with
cooking, it takes time. Well, if you want it to taste really good that is. Take
chicken for instance... I would often turn the heat to high to try to cook it
faster, but then I would end up just burning it while the inside was still not
quite cooked or crazy dry! I’ve now learned to turn the heat down and slowly
cook it for the perfect moist chicken. My favorite chicken takes even more time
and that’s in the crockpot. If you follow the recipe and let the chicken cook
for several hours, it just falls apart and tastes like pure joyful goodness and
you can’t stop thinking about it for days!
The
same rings true with God’s Word. If you all are like me, I often find myself
behind in the Daily Bread Bible Reading and then trying to play catch up. This
involves me doubling up on my days and trying to read as much as I can and as
fast as I can. However, doing this, I’m not getting everything out of God’s
Word that I could be getting from it. I’m missing out on the whole purpose of
the Daily Bread Reading. The whole purpose is to get us to build a habit of
reading God’s Word so that we can learn and glean from the Scripture.
Reading
God’s Word is like a crockpot, ladies. That’s right, I said crockpot. We should
take our time with His Word, study His scripture and think about it. Pray about
it! God breathed every word into His Holy Book for us. There is so much in
there that we could be missing. The more we take our time and just let His word
saturate us, the more we will get out of it, and the better we will be as a
person.
I
don’t know about you, but when I take my time and study His scripture and
really think about His Words, I learn so much more! So if you’re behind already
in the daily Bible Reading chart like I am? That’s OK! Don’t rush through, just
to play catch up. You’ll only get burnt out! Take your time, pick up from
today, dive into His Word, and let it slowly cook you into that perfect chicken
you really want.
"All scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."
2 Timothy 3:16-17
"The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want."
Proverbs 21:5
-Written By Faith Richardson
