God can turn an interruption into an opportunity. But you must be open to the nudge of the Holy Spirit. What you think may be a coincidence could very well be the leading of the Holy Spirit.
There is a story told of a Mr. Guthrie in England who lost his way one night on a moor. His companions went on without him. When at last he was able to rejoin them, he showed them that it was a blessed piece of providence that he had lost his way.
This was his story: I wandered across the moor till I came to a little cottage where was a sick and dying woman. The priest was just administering to her extreme unction, and when he went out I went in. She was troubled in mind, I told her the gospel, and she believed in Jesus. I found her in a state of nature, I preached the gospel to her until I saw her in a state of grace, and when I came away I left her in a state of glory.
When your day is planned to the minute, it leaves no extra room for an interruption which might become an opportunity to do good for someone else or tell them about Jesus.
During the three years Jesus ministered on earth, He was interrupted many times by someone who had a great need.
Many needed physical healing. Some wanted to get to know Him on a more personal level. Still others had a life that was so miserable they somehow knew that only He could make it better.
People would sit and listen to Jesus teach for hours and even days. They cleared their agenda to be in the presence of THE ONE they knew could change their life.
But Jesus always made it a point to get away by Himself and fellowship with His Father. And you should do the same.
You shouldn’t have so many interruptions that you have no time for fellowship with God. But you also shouldn’t have your day planned so rigidly that the Holy Spirit can’t work through you.
Every believer in Christ should be open to an opportunity to let our light shine for Jesus. What may seem like an interruption to you may change another person’s life forever.
The Holy Spirit is what makes all the difference. When you stay tuned in to Him, you will know that God can turn an interruption into an opportunity. And it may happen when you least expect it.
God loves all people, and wants every one to have a personal relationship with Him. He also wants to use you to minister truth to some of those people.
Ask the Holy Spirit to open doors for you to minister to others. And don’t have your schedule so full that you have no openings for Him to nudge you in the direction He chooses.
