Even if I know where my destination is, I still use the navigation system because I like to know what time I will arrive.
As I was en route to work yesterday morning, the GPS rerouted me. Rerouting usually happens when you take a wrong exit or miss a turn, but that was not the case. I was following the route “to the T.” When it rerouted, I hesitated for a minute and even thought about not following the new route, but then I took the exit in the 0.6 miles as I was instructed. When that happened, the arrival time grew by 8 minutes.
Of course, frustration set in and I’m thinking, I know I should have followed my initial route, but I kept driving. As I continued, the arrival time kept increasing. I picked up my phone to call personnel to inform them of my tardiness, but there was no answer. In that moment, I threw my hands up and embraced this NEW route and said, “Whatever happens, happens.”
I kept driving following the route, ensuring I did not miss any exits or turns. I noticed the arrival time decreasing.
I arrived at work at 6:54 a.m., three minutes earlier than the very first initial time. I also noticed the parking lot was not as full as usual. After checking in and asking why was everyone absent, the secretary informed me that there was a multi-car accident on 240 W (the route I usually take), and over half of my coworkers were stuck in traffic.
It was in that moment I was grateful I trusted the NEW route. Those who were stuck in traffic arrived at work close to 8:30 a.m. They were stuck in traffic for over an hour.
My point?
Sometimes in life, things will be going smooth (as far as we can see), and then all of a sudden, we will get “rerouted.” We won’t always like it nor will we always understand it, but we have to accept it and embrace it as God’s will. When we fight against it, we find ourselves stuck, going nowhere, feeling frustrated and purposeless because we are traveling a route outside of God’s will for our lives. Just think, had I fought against that NEW route because the old was familiar to me, I would have, too, been “stuck,” going nowhere, in standstill traffic for over an hour. Because God sees what’s ahead, we have to trust His leading and His guidance. He knows and sees more than we ever will.
Yes, we like the familiar and like being comfortable, but sometimes the NEW...the UNFAMILIAR…the REROUTES are for our good. Sometimes, God has to come along and change things to get us to where we are supposed to be, when we are supposed to be there. TRUST THE REROUTES
