Flat Tires and Tiny Mind Riots

When a frantic Friday turns into a Tuesday testimony, you know you’re witnessing God not wasting a thing.

I’m embarrassed to say I don’t always handle the small interruptions well, but I’m learning from them. One Friday morning God decided it was a good time for a lesson. I got up that morning and was ready to go. I was full of joy and anticipation of getting to go where my heart so desired to be that day. In fact, I was so excited about it, I didn’t even make time to read my Bible that morning. First lesson: I should have been just as excited to “be still” as I was to “go”.

 I settled in the van with coffee in hand. I was pulling out when I noticed it...a flat tire. Noooo! Not now, not today, not this weekend...I mean is there ever a convenient time for a flat tire? Ummm, no. But in that moment, it was the most inconvenient time. So, insert the tiny riot I started having in my mind. My mind was flooded with all the “why’s” this is probably happening. Hello, it was just a flat tire, not the end of the world. In my mind though and in my already scheduled out day I wanted to be there now...in my timing. I’m not saying God caused the flat tire, but He does use these instances in small yet powerful ways. 

After calling Eric and receiving his gentle assurance that I would get where I wanted to be, I decided—along with my tiny riot and coffee still in hand—I would “be still” while I waited. My devotion took me to Matthew 28, where a coupling of words in verse 7 stopped me like the clearance section at Target, “he is going ahead of you.” From the resurrection until now, He has already gone before us. He makes the way and in His perfect timing He gets us where we need to be. He also knows when we need to be stopped and reminded to just remain in Him. 

Now, I can’t say I instantly got over my tiny mind riot, but my eyes were opened to this...His grace is seen when I open His Word. And like every pump of air that a tire needs to go round, so does His Word get me through every situation.