Proverbs 22, . Verse 29 says Do you see a man skillful in his work ? He will stand before kings . He will not stand before obscure men . Fellow Marketplace Christians , stop apologizing and start winning . Welcome to the Success Edge , the show that helps you take your walk as a Marketplace Christian to the next level . Here's your host Christian entrepreneur Tyler McHart .
Speaker 2What's going on ? Kingdom Success . This is Tyler McHart coming at you , episode 409 . All right , by the way , we're actually into I think our 12th season of Kingdom Success . Originally it was actually the Success Edge , Now it's Kingdom Success . Either way , it doesn't matter .
Speaker 2Here we are . So I wanted to , I guess , give you guys a couple quick highlights and updates and then I'm going to jump into this content with you
guys . So I'm going to walk . So , by the way , if you hear cars passing or birds chirping , it's just the way it is , uh , anyway , so I just got done having my , I guess , business meeting with holy spirit and I've been fairly consistent I mean , I can always be more consistent with that meeting but it just is a great time I only take about 10 minutes and it's a great time for me to just kind of think through some things with the Holy Spirit plan and write things out physically , write things out , not just you know , and I'm probably just going to do an episode on this business meeting and kind of what I do anyway . But as I was doing that , this morning , holy spirit gave me just just riled off , said hey , you need to do two episodes a month and and post them and go ahead and record them so you can get them in and ready to go . So I'm like , okay , I can do that .
Speaker 2Just talk briefly about something that has been reoccurring in my quiet time , slash journal time with the Lord for several , several call it years and I believe I've talked about it before on this podcast , but let's just go ahead and talk about
it again . That is slowing down , slowing down . I read a little while back the book or listen the audio book , whatever you want to call it the Relentless Elimination of Hurry by Mark Comer , fantastic book , and he talks about in there instead of trying to be like Jesus , he says maybe you might want to adopt the lifestyle of Jesus . And I found that very fascinating and it made me sit there as I was reading through the book , think about how Jesus never was in a hurry . And I was listening to a podcast episode of another gentleman and he was being interviewed and right towards the end of the interview he talked about , he was asked . Basically , the host asked him to say hey , carl , his name is Carl Pullen , p-u-l-l-i-e-n . Anyway , hey , carl , as we kind of get off the air right here and wrap up our interview , which has been fantastic , what would you actually like to say to our audience ? As just kind of a parting thought , carl got kind of quiet and said I would encourage everybody to slow down . And man , that just really did . Just even though those words just encouraging people to slow down just really obviously resonated with me , because
here for the last several years the Holy Spirit's always said hey , tyler , slow down , relax , you don't have to be in such a rush . And he said that . And , man , I just had to kind of really again kind of pontificate that a little bit , because in our society today , due to our devices , our technology devices , we have a lot of information that comes into us a whole lot more frequently than what people had back in the 1800s , even in 1980 , when I was growing up , and in the 1800s , even in 1980 , when I was growing up , and in the 1990s , just information was not flowing as quickly and in abundance as what it is today . And I feel like that it's caused our society . It feels like it's definitely for me , caused me to hurry too much . And Carl made this statement . It actually comes from the Navy SEALs and I wanted to share this statement with you guys because it really did kind of help me to . This actually might be one of my themes moving forward , especially for my track and field athletes and even for my life in itself too .
Speaker 2The Navy SEALs have a saying . That saying goes something like this the Navy SEALs have a saying . That saying goes something like this Slow is smooth , smooth is fast . Slow is smooth , smooth is fast . And man guys , that really does just kind of capture a little bit of where I've been over the last several months of just trying to slow down and be more intentional with what I'm doing , especially after I got done reading that book Ruthless Elimination of Hurry . I got done reading that book , ruthless Elimination of Hurry and I just want to encourage you guys to do the same . The reason why the Navy SEALs make this statement or actually focus on this statement , is because when you're going slowly and deliberately and methodically to acquire a target or go after something , you're actually in way more control . Let me read this to you . Okay , it says the phrase smooth is fast . No , excuse me , slow is smooth and fast . I'm going to apologize , guys . Let me read this Slow is smooth , smooth is fast . It's commonly attributed to the US Navy SEALs and other military tactical training environments .
Speaker 2It's a saying used to emphasize the importance of deliberate , controlled action that your time to move carefully and efficiently taking excuse me , taking your time to move carefully and efficiently which ultimately leads to faster and more successful outcomes . Under pressure man , that is good stuff right there , guys . God doesn't want us to move fast . Jesus is never in a hurry . I feel like that we just need to slow down and really think through how we're going about our day , because slow is smooth and
smooth is fast . I'm just thinking of a boat , like if I was on the part of the Navy SEALs and I was gliding across a river or a lake getting ready to invade into an enemy's camp man . I would be all about all about smooth going slow , because , man , I wanted to take on the enemy .
Speaker 2You know , guys , I hope this helps . I hope this just kind of helps give you a little bit of perspective , a little bit of time to kind of maybe think through your own life . Where things are at for you , king of success , know that you're blessed , you're highly favored , you're empowered to prosper , you walk in divine health . Spirit of breakthrough is on you , guys , and game will catch you on the other side .