On my flight down to Atlanta, Georgia from Flint for
training camp before leaving for Thailand I met a man. My seat was in between
two brothers flying to LA for their aunt’s funeral. Their original flight was
cancelled due to a plane malfunction so they were rerouted on my flight to
Atlanta.
We began talking and I shared with him that I would be
heading to Thailand on a mission trip in a few days. His response was, “For
GOD?!?” To which I replied with a firm yes. He started screaming Hallelujah and
Praise Jesus and Thank you Father. Mind you it was 6:30 am and most people on
the plane were hardly awake.
During the flight we discussed theology, healings we’ve
seen, miracles, and shared stories of people we’ve seen come to Christ. It was
such a divine appointment and I was super encouraged.
As we landed in Atlanta, our plane was stuck behind another
plane and we weren’t able to get to our gate. We sat and sat and sat. We waited
and waited and waited. People were starting to get impatient but this man and I
kept chatting. Then he turned to me and said the most simple, yet so meaningful
thing I’ve heard in a long time…
“You know you are in
the right place when things start going wrong.”
Think about that for a second. That statement hit me hard.
It’s so true. Every time we do what God is calling us to do the enemy gets mad
and wants to stop us. It’s when God’s got big things in store that the enemy
wants to get us down.
Just yesterday I was prayer walking with my team and was
feeling really discouraged and attacked. I got home to find that another girl
was feeling the same way. We prayed it off of us. That night we each had a
great divine appointment with girls in the bars. I was able to meet up with a
girl that I have been forming a friendship with and she was able to minister to
a girl before she headed off to work.
The enemy knows when to get us down but I love that our God
is greater and He is stronger. I want to encourage you that when things get
tough to remember that when you are doing God’s will and following His plans
for your life, He is greater and you are in the right place.
