Right Place ..... Right Time

God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time, but it's up to us to see and seize those opportunities that are all around us all the time.

Mark Batterson, author of In A Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, received an email from Peter, a man who started reading the book on a flight to Las Vegas.  During the first half of his flight, he read chapter 1 and
felt challenged and convicted.   One sentence arrested his attention: "God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time, but it's up to us to see and seize those opportunities that are all around us all the time."  Peter switched planes in Phoenix and sat down in his new seat assignment.  He said hello to the girl next to him, but she shut him down rather abruptly.  It was one of those looks that says, 'Don't talk to me for the rest of the flight, and by the way, the armrest belongs to me!" Peter didn't want to offend her or bother her, but he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.  He knew he needed to swallow his pride, face his fears, and seize the opportunity.  He leaned over and said, "I know it's absolutely none of my business, but you seem so burdened.  If sharing it with a complete stranger might help. I'm all ears."

The seventeen year old girl, who was three months pregnant, proceeded to tell him she was running away from home.  Her boyfriend told her to take off and "take care of it".  She had stolen her dad's credit card that morning to buy a ticket to Vegas to get an abortion.  During the flight, Peter spoke words of comfort and encouragement. When they landed in Vegas, he convinced the girl to call her parents, who were worried sick.  Her parents convinced her to grab the next flight and come home.

I'm quite sure one life, perhaps two, were saved that day!  All because one man beleived that a seat assignment might be a divine assignment.  And when we act on those prayer promptings, the Grandmaster can use a single pawn to check-mate the enemy's plans.

Mark Batterson - Draw the Circle, The 40 Day Prayer Challenge