Have you ever been driving along, minding your own business and then you see a sign that says “Detour Ahead”? Well I know I have! And, if you’re anything like me, you hate seeing those signs! That sign means that you have to leave the route you were on and take another one that could take much longer than you want to take! It seems like I always run into them when I’m in a hurry to get where I’m going too. Recently, I’ve been given a detour by God. The route that I had planned to take in September is no longer an option and I have to pick a different route from either January or July of next year. “But why God? I’m ready to go now! I want to help people around the world now!!!” is what I thought to myself. But God helped me realize He still had some things for me to do before I left. Instead of going to training camp for The Worldrace, I went to church camp with my church. While I was there, one night the pastor asked for all the leaders to come up front and pray for any kids that wanted prayer. So I went up and prayed for God to send someone for me to pour into. Then, this kid I didn’t know walked up to me. He started telling me that he was really struggling with drugs and that he didn’t want that life anymore. If you know me or my testimony, you know he came to the right person! So I told him how God set me free from that life and prayed with him. It was so awesome to see God use me like that and it wouldn’t have happened if I went on the September route like I had planned. I don’t know if there is more things like this that God has planned in the next few months or not. But I think God wants to use this time to prepare me for the journey ahead. I can’t help but think of the song Oceans. It says, “Spirit lead me where my trust is without boarders. Let me walk upon the waters. Wherever you would call me.” I want to be lead wherever the spirit calls me, not just where I planned to go. Sometimes detours are put in place to keep us safe. There may be a bridge out ahead that you don’t know about. You may be committing spiritual suicide if you try to go around God’s detour! You have no idea what/if there is any danger down that path that he is trying to save you from! Or maybe He is just trying to show you things you would have never seen or been a part of if you didn’t take the detour. The bottom line is that Detours are always there for a reason. Just trust that God knows what he is doing and watch Him work!
