What speed does Jesus travel at?

What speed does Jesus travel at?
Ever wondered how fast He is?

We can certainly pull from numerous theological perspectives. We may think of Jesus’ two natures (the Hypostatic Union). We may think of Jesus simply being “in the midst” of the disciples after the resurrection. We may think of God’s omnipresence. After all, we have to say – He is without limits!

What I want to do though is slow us down and think of it from the perspective of two points… 1) Jesus’ speed at which He traveled while here on earth. And 2) How it seems to us from our vantage point.

First of all, Jesus traveled at about 3 miles per hour. Just like you and me. It’s the average pace of walking, simply, 3 miles per hour. His ministry was slow, local, and relational. We see in Jesus that He saw people, He stopped to help and minister to them, He loved them and felt compassion toward the people He encountered. Most of His life was in the same region, traveling at 3 MPH.

Secondly, we would say that He doesn’t travel very fast when it comes to our life. He is not caught up in our frenetic pace of life. He is deliberate, and allows the time necessary for change and the work of the Spirit in our sanctification. Quite frankly, it feels like about 3 MPH as well. He’s not rushed, urgent, impetuous, hectic. No. He is orderly, patient, purposeful, unflustered. And He is at work in our lives in such a fashion.

I was brought to thinking about this from this video (Godspeed) my son, Josiah, pointed me to… I had to watch it twice. It’s had me thinking for a few months now on this.

I want God to move faster. I also want to move faster than I do. But I also want to be more like Jesus. I want to slow down and see people, to see people and feel compassion. I want to minister in the place God has me. I want to let Him do the work in me necessary that brings about repentance and rest in Him.

As we are in the frenetic pace of life, as we dream of being somewhere else than where we are, as we wish things were different than they are… like you, I want to rush to the “better”. But He has us here, in this place, in this time. What if we looked around and went at God speed?

What an idea, He travels at 3 miles per hour. 

Held Abundantly By His Grace,

Pastor John