NOTE – I wrote this blog at 11pm local time in Nairobi, Kenya on March 2nd.
I don’t know how many times I fail to get this right and end up worrying when I shouldn’t – but God is always gracious and still always come through for me even when I’m not sure – I am blessed.
The latest situation I have found myself in regarding learning that God is ALWAYS faithful and can ALWAYS be trusted came on a very recent trip to Kenya (in fact as I write this I am still in Kenya). I went to Kenya to carry out a recce for a possible production that I am involved with in a few weeks time. Prior to going I knew I needed things to come together pretty quickly as we don’t have much time – and yet on the surface despite all my attempts to get things set up it didn’t look promising.
When I arrived, I faced the following challenges:
The person who runs the local office was not there and may not even come.
The person I had lined up to be the local production manager I couldn’t get hold of at all – despite LOTS of attempts – I thought she had dropped off the face of the earth.
I had no local help, contacts or transport and no clue of where I was going, who I could meet with or how it was going to happen.
I needed to try and find at least 1 alternative location for the production – and didn’t have a clue where to start.
My luggage hadn’t arrived – so no chargers, no business cards and no clothes.
My hotel didn’t have a room for me and even when they sorted this they didn’t have a key to the room – so I had to wait and wait and wait.
Not a very promising start………………..
When you have these situations what do you do – panic or trust God? Well I am pleased to say I didn’t panic – however neither was I in a particularly trusting mood – I thought I could probably make it happen BUT certainly didn’t think it would be easy – I even said to my wife I might have to stay an extra couple of days in order to get things sorted.
However as always despite me, God came through. By the end of the following day I had achieved the following:
Found an alternative location for the production – and a far better one (though as I write this the final location decision is still to be made).
Found, contacted and met with my local coordinator on board and got her fully briefed and up and running.
Had a VERY successful series of meetings with lighting, staging, power etc with everything coming together.
Ended up with a very good driver for the day who knew everyone and everywhere and made the whole trip extremely productive – he knew exactly who I needed to meet.
Made arrangements for the person who runs the local office to come and meet us the following day.
Slept in the Presidential Suite of the hotel (why do I ALWAYS stay in nice places when my wife is not with me).
Got all the local crew and resources in place for the production.
All in all a very very productive 24 hours – why oh why can’t I learn that God will ALWAYS come through – in all the years of doing this he has never let me down – not even a little – so why did I sit the night before concerned if it would all come together and thinking that I had to make it all happen……………………
My faith is always tested on these issues – but God is incredible and even when I doubt him – he never ever fails me.
Now how big is my faith – well, one thing left – will British Airways get my bag to me before I leave – that’s real faith………………….
UPDATE – It’s now March 4th at 6am and I’m at Heathrow airport on my way back from Kenya. Two quick updates, about 3 ½ hours after writing the blog BA delivered my bag!!!! Also the following day we had another tremendously successful time, carried out 2 full technical site visits and now have a plan in place for the production – all is looking good. As I said above – we need to learn to trust God in EVERY situation.
I don’t know how many times I fail to get this right and end up worrying when I shouldn’t – but God is always gracious and still always come through for me even when I’m not sure – I am blessed.
The latest situation I have found myself in regarding learning that God is ALWAYS faithful and can ALWAYS be trusted came on a very recent trip to Kenya (in fact as I write this I am still in Kenya). I went to Kenya to carry out a recce for a possible production that I am involved with in a few weeks time. Prior to going I knew I needed things to come together pretty quickly as we don’t have much time – and yet on the surface despite all my attempts to get things set up it didn’t look promising.
When I arrived, I faced the following challenges:
The person who runs the local office was not there and may not even come.
The person I had lined up to be the local production manager I couldn’t get hold of at all – despite LOTS of attempts – I thought she had dropped off the face of the earth.
I had no local help, contacts or transport and no clue of where I was going, who I could meet with or how it was going to happen.
I needed to try and find at least 1 alternative location for the production – and didn’t have a clue where to start.
My luggage hadn’t arrived – so no chargers, no business cards and no clothes.
My hotel didn’t have a room for me and even when they sorted this they didn’t have a key to the room – so I had to wait and wait and wait.
Not a very promising start………………..
When you have these situations what do you do – panic or trust God? Well I am pleased to say I didn’t panic – however neither was I in a particularly trusting mood – I thought I could probably make it happen BUT certainly didn’t think it would be easy – I even said to my wife I might have to stay an extra couple of days in order to get things sorted.
However as always despite me, God came through. By the end of the following day I had achieved the following:
Found an alternative location for the production – and a far better one (though as I write this the final location decision is still to be made).
Found, contacted and met with my local coordinator on board and got her fully briefed and up and running.
Had a VERY successful series of meetings with lighting, staging, power etc with everything coming together.
Ended up with a very good driver for the day who knew everyone and everywhere and made the whole trip extremely productive – he knew exactly who I needed to meet.
Made arrangements for the person who runs the local office to come and meet us the following day.
Slept in the Presidential Suite of the hotel (why do I ALWAYS stay in nice places when my wife is not with me).
Got all the local crew and resources in place for the production.
All in all a very very productive 24 hours – why oh why can’t I learn that God will ALWAYS come through – in all the years of doing this he has never let me down – not even a little – so why did I sit the night before concerned if it would all come together and thinking that I had to make it all happen……………………
My faith is always tested on these issues – but God is incredible and even when I doubt him – he never ever fails me.
Now how big is my faith – well, one thing left – will British Airways get my bag to me before I leave – that’s real faith………………….
UPDATE – It’s now March 4th at 6am and I’m at Heathrow airport on my way back from Kenya. Two quick updates, about 3 ½ hours after writing the blog BA delivered my bag!!!! Also the following day we had another tremendously successful time, carried out 2 full technical site visits and now have a plan in place for the production – all is looking good. As I said above – we need to learn to trust God in EVERY situation.
1 comment:
Wicked story! I wholeheartedly agree. His strength is perfect when our strength is gone. i've been there many times.
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