Thursday, October 15, 2009
God's Timing
Here’s a little incident that made a big impression on me. I had planned on going to the internet café Tuesday night. But by the time I got around to some errands then went to the office to work on a few items before then, it was already late and I was not sure if I wanted to go all the way there. Also all I read was a 10,000 bill no change and that would be hard to come by at the time of evening. Then when I went to the other side of the compound, the kids told me Nestor was looking for me, well that was the nail in the coffin, I decided to go to Nestor’s instead and go the internet later in the week. I got to Nestor’s and he was there, and we sat down to talk. Turns out he had an urgent letter that needed to get out by email as in a few days he is going to the bush to start a teaching practicum. If I had gone to the internet earlier this would have implied a second trip! Amazing, I rather think so. God is still in control, amen!
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Thanks for sharing that, it's a very vivid reminder of how intricatly God is involved in our minute by minute individual lives. I was just thinking the other day about how to share the gospel with someone and how to tell them what God has done for me............well I started my internal monologue, he died for me and all my sins so that I could live eternally.....okay i thought, that's good, but he's done that for everyone and although it's the most incredible and most important part of my salvation,how can i make it even more personal, then I thought about the incredible times of my life when it was obvious he got involved and re-directed me, okay those are grandiose things, sensational times, however I was looking for daily life examples and sadly I went blank.........besides breathing and waking up every day, which is miraculous and for which I am very grateful, how else is he involved in my life.........again I went blank and now that I read your "God's timing" bit,I realize that my sensitivities are being slowly dulled by the rush rush rush of daily life, the go there, do that, accomplish this, etc.......even my devotions are rushed and often long forgotten before I even leave the house....................thanks for reminding me to slow down and observe and be tuned to God's timing, I pray daily for him to help me do his will and help me stay the course, I want his will to be done in my life, yet do I really stop and listen even for an instant,do I look at everything that develops during the day as a God thing, or am I just too rushed to see God's hand in everything, including the times when I get impatient because things aren't going my way or the way I had planned them. All the times I get aggravated at people because they intrude on my planned day........all the times I have to go out of my way because someone didn't do what they should have.................all those times, God sees them, dare I say plans them to teach me something........to develop love and tolerance. Thank you Eric, I will now be able to look at life's annoyances as teaching moments coming straight from the hand of God................instead wasting time getting aggravated I will praise the Lord and send a prayer of thanksgiving because each moment will be a reminder that my redeemer lives and he cares and he walks with me daily. Thank you Eric
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