For God commanded me to make haste.
Spiritual haste
Haste is not hurry. Hurry implies confusion and disorder. It is not the same with speed.
I. What it refers to. We should not err were we to apply it to the duties of relative and secular life. It applies particularly--
1. To the salvation of the soul.
2. To a course of godliness.
3. To labour for the welfare of others (Proverbs 3:27-28).
II. On what it is founded.
1. The importance of the thing itself.
2. The limitation of our opportunities.
3. This only season is short. (W. Jay.)