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SPEEDBOAT RECORD, EH?
Australia has held the World Water Speed Record for nearly 30 years, in spite of competition from America. Ken Warby, driving the "Spirit of Australia" on Oct 8, 1978 at Blowering Dam, Australia, set the current record at 317.60 miles per hour. Now, Nigel Macknight's Quicksilver team aims to break Australia's hold on the record and return it to Britain, where so much water-speed history has been made in the past.
The World Water Speed Record therefore stands at 317+ MPH. To achieve such astronomical speeds, water conditions must be near-calm and the boat itself must overcome water resistance by rising clear of the water's surface and skimming across it.
Often overlooked, however, is the Universe Water Speed Record set approximately 2,000 years ago:
"When they had rowed three or three and a half miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were terrified. But He said to them, 'It is I; don't be afraid.' Then they were willing to take Him into the boat, and IMMEDIATELY the boat reached the shore where they were heading." John 6:19-21. That boat became literally a 'speed boat,' zooming over the waters at a speed somewhere between 400 MPH and the SPEED-OF-LIGHT! IMMEDIATELY means INSTANTANEOUSLY. Two famous song-titles flashed through the disciples' minds hehehe: You Took My Breath Away and...Breathless, or similarities. What a grand ride!
Now, the word IMMEDIATELY occurs in Scripture an astounding 55 times...KJV. One of God's special words:
IMMMEDIATELY...time it takes to receive the Word of God: the blind beggar man in Jericho..."And Jesus said unto him, "Receive thy sight: thy FAITH hath saved thee. And IMMEDIATELY he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God..." Luke 19:35, 42,43.
IMMEDIATELY...time it takes to follow Jesus: "And going on from thence, He saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called them. And they IMMEDIATELY left the ship and their father, and followed Him." Matt 4:21,22.
IMMEDIATELY...time it takes to get into a spirit of prayer: "...Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. And IMMEDIATELY I was in the spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and One sat on the throne." Rev 4:1b,2. See Heb 4:14-16.
IMMEDIATELY...time to respond to an appeal from God: "And after he (Paul) had seen the vision, IMMEDIATELY we endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them." Acts 16:10.
IMMEDIATELY...time to heal a needy person: "And when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And He laid His hands on her and IMMEDIATELY she was made straight, and glorified God." Luke 13:12,13.
IMMEDIATELY...time it takes to commit a sin:
"And IMMEDIATELY the king (Herod) sent an executioner, and commanded his head (John the Baptist) to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in prison..." Mark 6:27.
IMMEDIATELY...time it takes to die: "And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. And the people gave shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And IMMEDIATELY the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory..." Acts 12:21-23a.
...and one of my favorites:
IMMEDIATELY...time it would take for a BIG SURPRISE: "(on the triumphal entry) And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto Him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And He answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would IMMEDIATELY cry out." Luke 19:39,40.
May we IMMEDIATELY respond when God speaks to us.
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