‘Things happen for a purpose’ has become a widely used cliché but when you come to think about it, it’s usually an accurate one.
On my first day in New Zealand, Ben’s parents picked us up from the airport and on the way back we got totally lost. They live in Paihia, a small coast town, around four hours away from Auckland. After around an hour driving around lost and mentioning the benefits of having a GPS we got on track. Once we were on track we decided to stop at a gas station to get something to eat since we were going to be on the road for three more hours. To the surprise of everyone, when we were ordering food, Ben’s brother, Scott, appeared. He had come from Australia to visit the family for Christmas and right then, right there, with no planning in mind, there we were, meeting him, his wife and his beautiful girls. If it weren’t for getting lost we wouldn’t have been able to see them there.
An unlikely situation was, I believe, used by God to surprise us with a blessing.
I wonder how many times things like these happen in our lives. Often we complain about the process or because we appear to be lost when it may only be a delay in order to meet a greater purpose.
Think about it… What ‘sucky’ situation are you going through that may be just a delay in order to meet a greater plan?
