Today Motivation From Barry & Vicky Awolusi
Our life is filled with interruptions, inconveniences, frustrations, and unexpected events. Things break. Accidents happen. The phone rings just as we climb into bed. Early morning phone call that changed everything. Traffic that makes us late to work. Just when we don’t need another added expense, an appliance breaks Down. Unexpected illnesses change our carefully crafted plans. I could go on and on. You probably could too.
The problem is, I usually handle these interruptions to my life properly and with confidence sometimes I reacted poorly with frustration and anger. Like a young child, I want to stomp my feet and say, It’s not fair, I blame others for inconveniencing me. I’ll even throw my own pity parties.
The good thing about this is that these small frustrations and interruptions give us opportunities to rely on God more.
Though these unexpected came off guard, they do not catch God off guard. They are not random, meaningless events. In fact, these interruptions are divinely placed in my path for a reason. God uses these interruptions to change me to be more like Christ.
Slow traffic, a sick child, or a costly home repair may not seem like important tools in our sanctification, but they are. We often overlook these interruptions and inconveniences and instead expect God to work in our lives through huge life changing circumstances. But the reality is, we often won’t have major events in our life that cause us to trust God and obey him in some deeply profound way. We won’t be called to build an ark or take an only child up Mount Moriah. Rather, it’s in these small frustrations and interruptions, the little things in our life, where we are given opportunities to rely on God, to obey him, and to bring him glory.
These interruptions remind us that we don’t have life figured out and that we can’t do it on our own. They are like the Shepherd’s rod, pulling us back from our wandering ways, back to our Great Shepherd. We need these interruptions. Like nothing else, they push us to the cross of Christ where we must remember the gospel and receive his grace and forgiveness.
How about you? Is your life filled with interruptions? Do you see God’s hand at work in them?
Today, if you face an interruption that change your plans know that it’s God, Remember that everything that happens to you happens for your good. count it all blessing.
Lord jesus let your will be done in our lives. Amenoooo
In Jesus Mighty Name
Remain Blessed and Have a Wonderful Day today