Susan LaffertyTyranny of the Urgent. Back in the day, this small booklet by Charles E. Hummel captures my attention. And convicts my heart.
He quotes a man who told him, “Your greatest danger is letting the urgent things crowd out the important.”
What crowds out the important in my life today?
In other readings of Luke 5, I’ve passed over these words. But this time they grab my attention. Verse 1 says the crowd was “pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s Word.”
Pressing in. Yearning for what is real and true.
Sometimes it’s the hunger of my soul to draw near and hear God’s Word. Other times it’s the fruit of a formed habit. Pure and simple discipline.
Regardless, I know abiding in His Word is essential. Necessary.
