Most of you know that I cannot stand to drive a minivan; I really can’t tell you what it is about them that I don’t like, I just know that I don’t like them. On Saturday, my very stylish and beautiful Jeep died a very quick and painful death; I was then forced to lay it to rest and choose another vehicle. Our awesome dealership worked with us, sold the Jeep to pay off our loan on it and had me go to the dealership yesterday to pick a new vehicle. When I arrived, the owners son took me out on the lot and started telling me about this minivan; I cannot lie…I definitely tuned him out for most of it after he said “minivan”. He told me that there was another Jeep on the lot, but it was 2 years older than the van, had more miles than the van and was more expensive than the van. I kept thinking “let me see the Jeep first”, but what actually came out of my mouth was “sure, let’s look at the van”. Chase then handed me the keys and told me to take it for a drive; the whole time I am thinking “Dear Lord, I cannot believe I am in a stinking minivan. What the heck am I thinking?” When I arrive back on the lot, Chase asked me what I thought and I told him I loved it…wait a second…what just came out of my mouth?! I will admit it ran so smooth, it was big like my Jeep, it was pretty and it was very roomy inside; I just still couldn’t get past the fact that it is a minivan. I went inside the dealership to sign papers and get stuff out of my Jeep to put into the van; the whole time I was in disbelief that I was about to drive home in a minivan…my minivan. As texts poured in with people excited for me that I got a new vehicle I kept showering them with “but it’s a minivan”. Then a couple of very wise friends pointed out that it is perfect for my business…think how many cakes I can deliver in that! Felicity pointed out that we could take friends places and ride in comfort on trips! Then I sort of started to view that van a bit differently, I started to envision my business and that van with a sign on the door with my business name on it and I began to get excited about the van. Then last night, as I was going to sleep I felt a real conviction in my spirit. I felt like the Holy Spirit was saying “Didn’t you ask me for a new vehicle? Didn’t you say you needed something to drive? Didn’t I open up doors for you to have a new vehicle? Don’t you have a nice, new vehicle in your garage?” Truth is…that’s right! I asked for a new vehicle and I got one; I didn’t specify what I wanted except that it run and be bigger than a car and that is exactly what I got.
Yes, there is a lesson in this and no, it isn’t “be careful what you ask for”! The lesson is: God ALWAYS has a plan! Often times it isn’t what WE had planned, but it is always better than what we had planned. I can see all the great things I can do with that van that would be more difficult in a Jeep. God orchestrates things in our lives to be bigger and better than we can imagine! You see, I had been talking about all these great plans for my business and that I knew it is what God wants for me, but never once did I think about how I would make deliveries for my business! Guess what?! God did! God thought through EVERYTHING I would need for my dream to come true and HE made a plan for every detail…even the one’s I didn’t think of!
So, I still really don’t care much for minivans, but I am so very thankful that I have one and I can see all of the possibilities with mine…just because God saw the whole picture and didn’t listen to my rant about a minivan! I have to think that He is up there smiling and as I was telling Him how much I didn’t want a minivan that He is saying “Would you just hush and give Me a second…I got this covered!”
How often do we tell God what we want and when it doesn’t happen how WE have planned we get upset; in reality, God sees the ENTIRE picture that we can’t see and so He delivers in HIS time within HIS will exactly what we need for the bigger picture! Man oh man…isn’t God so very, very good?!
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