The day was off to a less than perfect start. My alarm didn't go off, and I woke up less than ten minutes before i had to leave for a meeting... so i hadn't had coffee or breakfast, devotional time, or a shower....i literally can not remember the last time i washed my hair. Its been a busy week.
Anyhow, at my staff meeting, we watched a classic Loren Cunningham (the founder of YWAM) sermon on "Making Jesus Lord", which deals with laying down our 'rights' and entrusting everything to Christ's care. In laying down our personal rights, we gain the rights of children of God. I was praying about the teaching as i drove home after the meeting- specifically at this certain moment discussing my car with Him. Suddenly, i saw a rock in the road as i was descending into the gulch, and though i swerved, i totally hit it. I made it out of the steep gulch stretch of road, but less than a mile later my car went to a wobbly limp and i pulled to the shoulder with a flat.
I laughed. This all came minutes after I told God it was His car and that I would trust Him to care for it even if it stopped running. Hahaha. All this as I am running late for another appointment.
I suddenly remembered that a car had been loading at the base just as i left so someone I knew would be likely driving past that stretch of road soon. So i waited and sure enough, along came my friends Tim and Sam. They saw me and pulled over. God provided help. Miraculously, there was a spare and all the tools, brand new, under my trunk's flooring. I have looked before and only seen the jack. But it was all there. God provided tire and tools. The guys did a record speed tire change.
(So the guys say they will follow me to Paia, so i get in my car and ...it won't start! Yeah. So Tim comes back and tries. No bueno. And i remind God its His car. Then Tim calls more of our friends-Jake and Caleb, who come down with a truck to tow me to Paia. God supplies more help, a truck and tow rope.
Then our friends Fritz and Benaiah drive by on their way home to Haiku and i had phoned Fritz awhile back, so they pulled over and came across the road too. Before we towed, Fritz looked at the car a bit and decided that it wasn't the starter but the battery, and that we could jump instead of risk rope towing. God supplied more help that brought wisdom.
Jake had cables in the truck. God supplied jumper cables. And it worked. So with SIX guys around me and my car ( somehow all of them momentarily unoccupied and in the midst of a week of hectic busyness for all of us, and on the scene in minutes!) i got in my car and rolled away on my donut tire. Which was also slightly flat. But I got home. It was definitely the practical hands on field assignment follow-up to the morning. The rubber met the road. And He so faithfully demonstrated that He really does care for His children that have laid themselves in His hands. I am henceforth excited to see how He provides for a tire and new battery!
And i managed to rearrange my appointment for an hour later, made it, and then finally got my morning coffee at 4pm.
How much unfolded in that hour astounds me- it was a tangible conversation of trust with the Lord. Who knew that a breakdown could turn out to be such a precious thing?
