Yesterday I was ticked off at that stupid cow...
I was mad at the cow...
The cow that trampled the young man who works for me...
Broke some of his ribs...
So, in turn, he called in sick...
This caused quite a problem yesterday in the schedule of the retail store I manage...
Stupid Cow...
I was mad at the boy...
Because his ribs were broken...
I was mad at the lady...
because she had made other plans and could not come in to cover the shift...
I was mad at the girl who had the audacity to go wedding dress shopping on her day off and not sit at home waiting for me to call her in to work...
It was Wednesday!!
I needed to be at church, but now I had to sty late at work to deal with a mess started by a Stupid Cow...
Church starts in 30 minutes, I m barely going to make it in the door in time...
And what is this????
A customer needs my attention SPECIFICALLY??
OK..
He looks me in the eye and says, "I know you are trying to get to church..."
Whoa!
How in the world did he know I was headed to church?
I slowed my frantic pace and began to listen...
Listen...
Not only to the customer, but to HIM...
"Where do you go to church, Myron?"
I turned to him, handed him a card and told him I was the pastor, and I might get fired tonight if I don't make it to Bible Study on time...
The folks at the church just can't get enough of my preaching!! haha
I boxed up his wife's boots, when the next question came, "What religion are you?"
Pentecostal...
"Really, I was raised Pentecostal!"
"Where?" I asked.
"Do you know where Diboll, Texas is? Also, there is a huge campground in Lukfin that I used to attend all the time."
Wow.
While I was preoccupied with the agitation I felt toward the Stupid Cow, God was positioning me for purpose...
If the Stupid Cow had not trampled the boy...
and the lady had not already had plans...
and the girl had not been wedding dress shopping...
I would not have had the opportunity to meet Mike and his wife...
The steps of a good man are ordered of the Lord...
Relax...
Do not buck and pull against His hand when it leads you out of your routine...
He just might be positioning you for purpose...
Ananias, don't resist the leading toward Straight Street...
God is positioning you for purpose...
Jesus sat outside the city and told his disciples to go in to the city to "a place where two ways met" and there they would find a colt tied...
Never forget...
God knows where his colts are tied...
The colt might have felt overlooked...
abandoned...
under-utilized...
frustrated...
But he was positioned for a purpose...
and...
had he pulled away from the position he was in...
he would have missed the greatest ministry opportunity that would ever come along in his lifetime...
Friend, if you get out of position now, you will not be able usher the Savior into your city...
Don't let your anger at a Stupid Cow cloud your vision of where you are being led...
