He is there on his horse, the arrows and spears are falling closer and closer to him, he steps off the horse and repairs the buckle on the harness of the horse. Then, just before the hoards crash upon him, off he goes, all is well as he vanishes from view. We learn later that our hero would have fallen from the horse had he not fixed the buckle first. Thus that moment, when we all watched thinking he should be fleeing, he was really doing the one thing necessary to prepare to be safe. Many of us could learn a lesson from our hero.
Many folks bounce up from bed and begin to attend to the sweeping forces that each day brings.
Every moment counts or the arrows of the day will catch up with us and the day will overwhelm us. However good our talents, such lack of preparation is only running with a broken buckle at best. We should not wonder if each day leaves us in the dust. How much wiser it is to pause for a while to pray each morning, before we begin the haste and bustle of the day. It is like getting off the horse and fixing the buckle.