Divine Appointments!
Then the servant girl said to her mistress,
“If only my master were with the prophet who is
in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.”
2 Kings 5: 3
It’s happening more and more frequently: Someone uses their
social media accounts to put out a “Please help me find...” notice.
Two strangers meet in a chance encounter—airplane, subway,
restaurant—and then separate.
Then one of them decides the encounter was meaningful,
more than “chance,” and tries to find the other person.
Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t.
These stories illustrate a point: Pay attention to every encounter in
your life. For a child of God, there are no accidents (Psalm
139:16).
God may (or may not) have some special purpose in every
meeting.
When a servant girl recommended that Syrian commander,
Naaman,
consult prophet Elisha about his leprosy, he didn’t brush her off.
He
took her words seriously and set out to find the prophet. And he
was
healed! He, a powerful official in Syria, could easily have ignored the
advice of a servant girl. And he would have died with leprosy.
Be sensitive to whoever God brings across your path
today.
Listen for the leading of God, believing that every meeting
is
a divine appointment.
"There is no such thing
as chance or accident."
Adam Clarke
