INTERRUPTIONS!
Matthew 9:18-20
"While He spoke these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped Him, saying, 'My daughter has just died, but come and lay Your hand on her and she will live.' So Jesus arose and followed him, and so did His disciples. And suddenly a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment."
Interruptions! He was interrupted in the middle of a teaching session by a man who pleaded with Him to come and heal His daughter who had just died. So he stopped teaching and went to heal the girl. On the way to that situation, He was interrupted by a woman with female issues, perhaps fibroids on her uterus. So He stopped to heal her. Jesus was not controlled by a clock or an agenda, but by the needs of people. He was available. Perhaps this is what Paul was saying to Timothy: "Be ready in season and out of season" (II Timothy 4:2). Lord, help me to not get so involved in my own agenda that I miss opportunity to minister to the needs of other people.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: Opportunities to minister do not always fit my timetable.
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Have an "interrupted" day. Love you.
Matthew 9:18-20
"While He spoke these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped Him, saying, 'My daughter has just died, but come and lay Your hand on her and she will live.' So Jesus arose and followed him, and so did His disciples. And suddenly a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment."
Interruptions! He was interrupted in the middle of a teaching session by a man who pleaded with Him to come and heal His daughter who had just died. So he stopped teaching and went to heal the girl. On the way to that situation, He was interrupted by a woman with female issues, perhaps fibroids on her uterus. So He stopped to heal her. Jesus was not controlled by a clock or an agenda, but by the needs of people. He was available. Perhaps this is what Paul was saying to Timothy: "Be ready in season and out of season" (II Timothy 4:2). Lord, help me to not get so involved in my own agenda that I miss opportunity to minister to the needs of other people.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: Opportunities to minister do not always fit my timetable.
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Have an "interrupted" day. Love you.
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