So sometimes I have these grand visions for how a day is "supposed" to go.
The other day I was asked to accompany my team leader to the hospital to check-in with one of our squad mates who was staying there and getting treatment for a neurological disorder (she's fine now, praise God!).
I was thrilled! On the way there I imagined myself cascading through the hallways and touching the skin and desperate, bringing hope to them with my smile and my radiance. I could hear myself singing to the patients in their rooms, soothing their souls in a Heavenly language that broke past the barrier between English and Spanish. I would pray for people and see miracles happen. I would leave that place in wholeness.
And what I ended up doing was sitting in Dunkin' Donuts all day. From 9 to 6. In a corner booth with my journal and Kindle and a cheesecake donut. (Here's a challenge: try sitting in Dunkin' Donuts all day and only eat one donut… that was my miracle of the day.)
I was kind of furious.
"GOD, I was cascading through the hallways, cascading!!!! Why would you rob me of that?!"
Because that wasn't on the agenda for me that day. Because it's not about my vision. It's about the Kingdom vision. And that day, the Kingdom needed me to get out my prayer journal and plead on behalf of the names in there, on behalf of my squad mates. God needed me to be in that corner booth all day without in the absence of any of my wifi technology and just sit.
It sounds kind of pointless because I couldn't see what God was doing through my life. More than miracles, I wanted to be part of the miracles. So God took me out of where I might be tempted to lose focus on the Kingdom and put in a place where all. I. could. do. was. focus. on. the. Kingdom.
God will take you there sometimes, to the "mundane", simple places to remind you of why you're here. What's on the agenda for you today? Really, maybe you should sit in a corner booth and ask God.
