Annoying Distraction or a Divine Interruption? Cheryl Weber
I’d come to the park to spend time with the Lord. But the motorbikes approaching the pavilion where I sat had shattered my blessed solitude and silence. Two of the riders zoomed by, but one, a teenage boy, stopped. I approached him and played the grouchy old lady card. “Are you guys really supposed to be here? I don’t think motorized vehicles are allowed on these trails.”
He claimed they were lost and trying to find the way out.
That’s doubtful, I thought as I motioned in the general direction of the park exit. “The road’s that way. People come here for peace and quiet and you are disturbing it.”
Later, the Holy Spirit seemed to say, “You could have been a little nicer, maybe spoken words of blessing, wished him a good day.” Or I could have told him about Jesus.
Had the Lord set up my encounter with that young man, however wrong he might have been to be there on his bike? Perhaps what appeared to be an annoying distraction in my agenda to be “spiritual” was actually a “divine interruption.”
In Mark 10:46-52 Jesus and the crowds with him were interrupted as they left Jericho by the cries of Bartimaeus, a blind beggar desperate for the Savior’s healing touch. The crowds rebuked Bartimaeus, considering him an annoying interruption on their spiritual journey with Jesus.
But Jesus saw an opportunity from the Father to show love and compassion to a person of infinite value. He asked to have Bartimaeus brought to him and then restored the man’s sight. Bartimaeus then traveled along joyfully with Jesus.
Whether it’s that coworker who irritates us with constant jabber or the neighbor that always seems to have a chip on his shoulder, we are called to pursue the Father’s heart. Then, like Jesus, we too can spot those divine opportunities to love and bless others.
PRAYER: Lord, thank you that we are never an annoying distraction to you. Help us to lay aside our daily agendas and love those you bring across our paths. AMEN
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