Hurry Sickness Series

Series: Unhurried - The Hurry up sickness

Tag – So many are rushing too nowhere!

Opening Quote: Dallas Willard and John Ortberg – Soul Care “Ruthlessly eliminate hurry” Dallas Willard urged people to "ruthlessly eliminate hurry" because he considered it the greatest obstacle to a vibrant spiritual life, leading to issues like burnout, anxiety, and a disconnect from God and others.

Thesis: Eliminating hurry isn't about avoiding urgency, but about intentionally slowing down to align with Jesus' unhurried, peace-filled way of living, which fosters rest, joy, and spiritual growth.

Scripture Text: Matthew 11:25-30:

Jesus tells us – He can give Rest for the Weary

25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.

27 “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

The Holy Bible: New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1984), Mt 11:25–30.

Introduction:

The modern diagnosis of "hurry sickness" – The Definition: The term describes the physiological stress and anxiety caused by a relentlessly fast-paced life.

Hurry is the enemy of the soul! Hurry will destroy your spirituality – It’s the great enemy of spirituality – it will rob you of peace with God! It will rob you of contentment in life! Hurry will destroy your prayer life with God! If the Devil cannot get you to sin, he will get you to hurry!

Hurry sickness also creates anxiety issues:

I heard one speaker say that the anxiety level for a high school student today is the at the same level of a hospitalized psychiatric patient in the 1950” s! Anxiety is overrunning our society because it is moving at a frenzied, frantic pace in many lives!

Hurried people look like the following:

We hurried down the highway and rushed from light to light! We hurry through the store and pick the line we think will move fastest! We study the people in line and the cashier to make a well-informed decision.

Illustration: Tuning fork – middle C created by God not Bauch – it resonates in your bones as you ting it! Hurry does this too your bones and your rhythm of life!

The anxiety issues running ramped across society! Hurry is the devil – believe me – it will rob you of your spirituality – of your peace. If the devil cannot make you sin, he will make you busy! That busyness will degrade your spirit and soul.

John Mark Comer in his book “The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, Quotes the book “The Three Mile and Hour God” This Japanese theologian says, “Love has speed” He adds “God walks slowly because He is love.” and He is not hurried! This society is designed for us to hurry – to rush everywhere – to move from one thing to another – to scroll – to take life in sound bites – because you cannot rest and or relax, so the word is “We must hurry!” “Hurry is good and slow is bad!” Fast is better and slow is a disaster! He adds in the book hoe the speed of Love – is 3 mph – walking speed – the way Jesus moved around doing his ministry!

Quote from mark’s Book! Page 22!

Yet what is your speed of life???? How many emails a day - Email- email - email – 1,000 of them most going and saying nothing! Facebook sound bites and the scrolling again to what purpose? Social media bites and quick opinions with no thought. How is that going? The technology rush of today leading most people nowhere!

The wolf in our pocket – is causing us to hurry – to rush – to speak before caring causing waves of inner turmoil! Yes, people touch their phones, on average, about 2,617 times a day, according to a 2016 study by Dscout. This figure represents a broad average, as extreme users can touch their phones more than 5,400 times daily. These touches include actions like tapping, swiping, and typing to interact with their devices.

Top 10 Most Interesting Cell Phone Addiction Facts & Statistics https://www.ambitionsaba.com/resources/cell-phone-addiction-facts-statistics

• 66% of people check their phones 160 times a day (Not touching just checking to see if they missed something) .