Congratulations. Your gift of a new day is here. Ready to live it big. You're listening to the Big Life

Devotional podcast. Now, here's Pamela to get you fired up for all God has available for you today.

Well, good morning, beautiful. Welcome to a brand new day of life. Happy Friday, my friends. It is once again

such a good day to get to be alive. Look what God has done. He has pulled off his miraculous

works. Once again, we get to be alive. Happy Friday, everybody. Let's go. The title of today's episode

of the Big Life Devotional podcast is change of pace. Why the rush? Really, why are you rushing?

Why do we jump from one thing to the next thing without fully enjoying either?

Who set this pace that you're living in? And is it really working for you? I admittedly sped through my 30s. Looking back,

it is all a blur as I hurried my children, I pushed my plans, and I rushed through each task

in some sort of race I could never win. How fast could we

get ready? How fast could we get there? How fast could we get done? And then how fast could it be

over? Answer? Fast. It was over. Fast. They grew up fast. Things changed fast. Their 18 summers at home went fast. My life is going fast.

And my guess is so is yours. You are getting older, fast. Life is speeding by, fast.

And when I look at the life of Jesus, he never seemed rushed. He knew his time was short and he used each moment of each day

for intentional impact. Connections are not made in a rush and he was here to connect and his pace reflected his intention. Jesus, I need you to be my pace

setter. Have you ever asked Jesus to help you adjust your pace? Have you asked him to help you

slow down and be in the moment, to live it to the

fullest and see what he has for you there? Wouldn't today be a beautiful day to do just that?

Jesus is the good shepherd. He is the guide for his sheep, and we are to simply follow him.

Follow his way, trust his path, and let him set the pace. Psalms 23, most of us can quote it, the Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.

But today I want to share with you the Japanese version of Psalms 23. It says, the Lord is my pace setter. I shall not rush. Some of y'all need that as a tattoo,

or at least a note on your mirror. The Lord is my pace setter. I shall not rush.

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