11/20/2025
Tonight is the night!
550pm Dinner
630pm Worship and large group
730pm Small group
Fellowship and snacks after!
FREE childcare, dinner, and even rides!
I'm starting to realize the two most powerful words are "yes" and "no." How I use them determines how I set my schedule. How I set my schedule determines how I live my life. How I live my life determines how I spend my soul.
When I think about my decisions in this light, it gives gravity to choosing wisely. After all, when a woman lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule, she’ll ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul — with a full calendar but no time to really engage in life.
If you've found yourself caught in a stressful pace recently, I understand. So much of why my schedule gets overloaded is fear of missing out or not measuring up.
But then I remember the timing of God’s words to Jesus at His baptism in Matthew 3:17: “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
Jesus hadn’t yet performed miracles on earth, led the masses, or gone to the cross. Yet God was pleased with Jesus before all of those accomplishments. His Father honored Jesus’ identity before He started His activities. Jesus heard God, believed God, and remained unrushed.
In Christ, God has given us a new identity (Romans 6:4). But unlike Christ, we forget. We fill our days with so much activity that the only way to keep up is to rush. But what if keeping up means chasing the wrong desire?
Do I really want my life to look more like others’? Or to look more like God’s best for me?
God’s best for me means engaging with life and the people in it. God's best for me means noticing divine invitations and feeling the freedom to say my best “yes” to His assignments.
If I really want an unrushed life, I must underwhelm my schedule so God has room to overwhelm my soul.
-Lysa TerKeurst
What makes it challenging for you to be still at times? As you consider how to live unrushed, how does it encourage you to know that God is already well pleased with you in Christ?
