May 6, 2019 - Preparation Produces Precision (Eliminates Panic)

Great players have an ability to play with urgency, while still playing with a calmness… they think clearly in spite of the circumstances… they are not panicked but instead precise, trusting what they have learned and prepared for…


One of my most often used quotes in coaching/ministering came from John Wooden (and I’ve used it many times over the years in theses weekly devotions): “Be quick but don’t hurry!” This can happen when one will “trust the process.” That is a newer popular phrase that simply means we learn to stick to the game plan…


We cannot trust the process if we are not fully aware of it… for example, a player that doesn’t feel confident with the team plays will tend to either miss making the right move… or could make the right move but at the wrong time.  When not sure of the plays, the brain gets hurried or scrambled and mistakes are made…


This is true in life as well… things get hurried and we are left having to make decisions under pressure. Scripture tells us we can be “players” that understand that in spite of urgency we can be calm… that don’t panic but are instead precise… “players” that trust what we have learned… PREPARATION PRODUCES PRECISION (good decisions) and ELIMINATES PANIC!


Therein lies the issue… we have to have learned the “plays” in order to be able to trust…


Philippians 4:6a Be anxious for nothing…


Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding ;


Psalm 119:32a I will run the course of Your commandments…


Psalm 23 reminds us that by knowing/trusting the Lord we will lie down in green pastures… walk beside still waters… fear no evil… be comforted…


Sounds like a description of a great “player”… trusting the process God has set for the “game” of life!


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