“I think I find most help in trying to look on all the interruptions and hindrances to work that one has planned out for oneself as discipline, trials sent by God to help one against getting selfish over one’s work. Then one can feel that perhaps one’s true work—one’s work for God—consists in doing some trifling haphazard thing that has been thrown into one’s day. It is not a waste of time, as one is tempted to think, it is the most important part of the work of the day—the part one can best offer to God. After such a hindrance, do not rush after the planned work; trust that the time to finish it will be given sometime, and keep a quiet heart about it.”  - Annie Keary, in Keep a Quiet Heart by Elisabeth Elliot, p. 9

How many “interruptions” have you already faced today? Do you get frustrated when your day gets off schedule? I do! But how many times do I realize that God has appointed those “interruptions” as ministry opportunities or as part of His plan to sanctify and grow me?

That hurting girl who walks into the office as you’re rushing to pull last minute things together for an event is not a hindrance to the important schedule. She is the divinely scheduled appointment. She needs you for godly wisdom and comfort and you need her to be reminded of what is most important.

I resolve to see the “interruptions” in my day as opportunities for God to reprioritize my schedule to fit His plan for me.

“In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.” – Proverbs 16:9, NIV