The Ladder That Leads to the Grave

We live in a world addicted to hurry.

Everywhere you look, someone’s running.  Chasing deadlines, chasing dreams, chasing someone else’s definition of “enough.”

We rush to get ahead, rush to keep up, rush so fast that we forget what we were even running toward in the first place.

But have you noticed?

Hurry never leads to peace.

It leads to pressure… To anxiety that crawls under your skin, to shallow breaths and restless sleep. Science tells us that constant rushing triggers your body’s stress response. It is flooding you with cortisol and adrenaline meant for survival, not daily living. The heart races, blood pressure climbs, and exhaustion becomes the silent anthem of a world that never stops moving.

We’ve mistaken motion for meaning.

We call it “grind,” but it’s really destruction dressed in discipline.

Because every rung of that ladder of success, the one we’re climbing with white-knuckled ambition, often turns out to be a step toward the grave.

What good is reaching the top of it if, along the way, you lost your peace, your purpose, your family… and your time with God?

The enemy doesn’t need to destroy you.

He just needs to keep you busy.

Too busy to pray.

Too busy to listen.

Too busy to notice your child asking for your attention, or the Spirit whispering, “Be still.”

We tell ourselves, “I didn’t have time for God today,”

but somehow, there was time to scroll.

Hours disappear in pixels and notifications, while eternity waits quietly on the other side of stillness.

Dare I tell you to slow down?

To put the phone down.

To take the screen from your child’s hands and replace it with your own.

Go outside. Let

 the sunlight kiss your skin, let the grass remind you that life is meant to be felt, not just managed.

Throw the football.

Laugh until your stomach hurts.

Tell your child a story from Scripture instead of letting a screen shape their soul.

The world will keep spinning whether you rush or rest.

But you were never called to run with the world you were called to walk with God.

So pause.

Take a breath deep enough to reach Heaven.

Because in the stillness, you’ll find what the hurry could never give you…

Peace for your mind, healing for your body, and communion with the One who never rushes, yet is never late.