Nicole reads everything.
The prompts.
The updates.
The little boxes that show up on her phone asking for permission.
She pauses.
Scrolls.
Thinks.
I don’t.
I click.
Accept.
Move on.
Whatever gets me there faster.
Which is funny…
because sometimes the way we handle our phones
is the way we handle our lives.
We rush.
We skim.
We say yes before we understand what we’re saying yes to.
Daniel 6.
A king.
A document.
A decision.
Darius signs.
Fast.
Too fast.
He doesn’t slow down.
Doesn’t ask enough questions.
Doesn’t see what’s really being set in motion.
And once it’s signed—
he realizes.
Too late.
Daniel is trapped.
The king is stuck.
And regret sets in.
All because of a rushed decision.
It usually isn’t rebellion.
It’s hurry.
A pressured yes.
A quick reaction.
A decision made before wisdom has time to speak.
And you know this.
Most of the decisions we regret
are the ones we made too fast.
The text.
The response.
The commitment.
The moment we didn’t sit with long enough.
So sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is simple:
Wait.
Sleep on it.
Think it through.
Because it’s true—
If you move faster than wisdom, you’ll arrive at regret.
But…
There’s another danger.
Some people never rush.
They wait.
For the right moment.
The right feeling.
The right conditions.
And they keep watching for everything to be perfect before they move.
Ecclesiastes says:
“If you wait until the wind and the weather are just right, you will never plant anything.”
At some point, waiting stops being wisdom
and starts being fear.
At some point, delay becomes disobedience.
You see..—
If you move slower than wisdom, you will miss the opportunity.
So there it is.
The tension.
Too fast… regret.
Too slow… missed moments.
Wisdom lives in between.
Knowing when to pause.
Knowing when to move.
Knowing when to say “not yet.”
Knowing when to say “go.”
So before your next yes—
before you sign, speak, decide, react—
ask:
Am I rushing?
Or am I stalling?
Because both can cost you.
But wisdom is what keeps you from wasting your life.
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