About a quick fix…
Matthew 5:25 "Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to
court. Do it while you are still with him on the way, or he may hand you over to the
judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
26 I tell you the truth, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny. (NIV)
We live in such a rapid age that we expect a quick fix for anything that goes wrong. It
seems we live in an age if childish impatience. However, there is an area of your life
where you truly need to implement a quick fix. In this area of your life, you need a quick
fix all the time, every time. The area of your life where you need a quick fix is the area
of mistakes. When you make a mistake, fix it quick. The longer you go before attempting to
fix the mistake, the longer it will take to fix. As you put off fixing a mistake, you
begin to rationalize that it does not need fixing. You begin to tell yourself the mistake
does not need fixing. Perhaps you make the mistake again and you tell yourself the mistake
is no big deal, that you are only human, that no one cares, or that the mistake is not
important. People are creatures of habit. When you make a mistake two or three times, you
are likely to keep making the mistake again and again, until the mistake is a part of your
life. So, when you make a mistake, fix it quick. If the mistake involves another person or
persons, apologize, seek their forgiveness, and seek the Lord's forgiveness.
