We were given two feet to get ahead but sometimes we walk too fast for our own good. I have extremely long legs so when I walk I walk like I'm on a mission and the end is a race. I take long strides causing me to always outwalk my mom. I swear my mom is the slowest walker around. I can do laps around that lil shrimp and I'll still beat her somewhere. I'm walking so fast though that I'm not taking in the act of kindness going on across the block, or the beautiful store front. Everything is a blur. Here is another fact about me walking, I stumble at least once a walking cycle. If I stumble going from point A to point B then I know I've gotten it out of the way till I go to point C. Stumbling though is the only thing that causes me to slow down. I have to take a moment, get myself together, make sure nobody saw, then I begin again but this time at a slower pace.
That stumble in your walk is God telling you to slow down. That stumble is strategic because where you stumble that's where he wants you to look up and around and notice what he is showing you. You might see something that you would have missed if you were walking too fast.
There are a lot of cracks in the pavement here in Austin. I'm pretty sure someone took a jackhammer and just went crazy and said, "yup, this should really mess people up". Those cracks may make me stumble but god is that jackhammer. It's strategic. DONT QUESTION THE STUMBLE BUT EMBRACE THE STUMBLE. Here is the key though, you can't keep your face looking down looking for cracks. You have to keep your eyes up and trust. ITS ALL ABOUT TRUST. IF YOU LOOK DOWN YOU'LL STEP OVER THE CRACK, YOU'LL STEP OVER THE BLESSING. The first thing we do when we stumble is see is anyone else saw, praying it was just us. The thing to remember though is that we are all stumbling, why hide what will grow you. Why hide what other people are going through as well. SOMETIMES THE STUMBLE WILL TURN INTO A FALL BUT THE HARDER THE FALL THE BIGGER THE BLESSING.
So next time you're walking keep your eyes up but walk slow. If you see a crack keep going, trust and know it's strategic. It's all about the strategic stumbling.