Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

The words make haste inspired me today just as the words over time inspired me yesterday.

Who makes haste? Is it those who believe that the end is near and that time is running out? Mind you when I say the end is near, I am not referring to the church age because that is what the followers of Christ are looking forward to during this church age. No, I am referring to unbelievers.

Luke 12:18 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

That casual attitude of taking everything out of life and enjoying it while you can is born of a failure to accept that there is life after death, that this life is all there is to live for.

Taking pleasure where you can and when you can is a selfish endeavor. That kind of living leaves a string of wounded souls in its wake. Even if you are aware of that and you desire to leave a legacy for your children, it still presumes a need to use others in order to provide for your own. That is just another type of selfishness.

Only pride says that you can build a dynasty that will last a thousand years. Do you know of any that have?

If this is true and I believe it is, then what is the opposite of making haste?

Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

These words were found because at the end of yesterday’s devotional I was inspired by the last two words, over time.

Isaiah 28:14-21

¹⁴ Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

¹⁵ Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

¹⁶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

¹⁷ Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

¹⁸ And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

¹⁹ From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

²⁰ For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

²¹ For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

Make of it what you will. How I got here is less important than the message itself. Make of it what you will.