Walking Up Escalators and Other Human Phenomena

I regularly ride the Metro to work. It is a fascinating place to spend time. I must confess that my early morning commute is usually one filled with sleep and, I am sure, occasional snoring. Having said that, there is an interesting thing that happens each morning once we depart the train. There is a short escalator ride up from the platform to the ground above. But this is an escalator ride with rules - laws that must be obeyed lest you suffer the glares and tuts of other metro riders who obviously passionately follow the rules. The rules are simple - if you want to stand on the escalator then you are confined to stand on the right. The left side must remain open for all those people who want to walk up the escalator. Now I don't know the person who invented the escalator but I am pretty certain that the idea of moving stairs was so people would not have to actually move their legs and climb the stairs. Maybe it is just me, but have our lives become so time pressed that we cannot stand on a stair tread that will raise us to our destination in a matter of moments? Do we feel the need to rush ahead and climb an already moving stair case? What is the hurry?

No doubt my observations are just a minor amusement to many, but how many of us have been asked by the Lord to just stand, "Having done all else, to stand..." on our stair tread as He propels us along. how many of us are focused on taking the next step on our own and climbing the escalator to get there faster?

There is something to be said for learning how to rest and wait on the Lord. To walk in His steps and follow His timing.

I wish I could learn that.

The truth is though, I want to learn it quickly and don't want to wait to learn it.

Therein lies the problem.

Jason