- Divine Appointments –

[Abednego]

Proverbs 16:9, “A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps”
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As we wake up and begin each new day, we should have a sincere desire to please the Lord, and gladly anticipate God’s appointments He has planned for us. As we go throughout our busy day, we are continually met with unique opportunities to impact others. Our appointments may be the people we meet or even the unplanned circumstances that are put before us. Thus, your special assignment for today might be an encounter with family, friends, and fellow believers or the man or woman in front of you in line at the grocery store! It might be the teenager at the checkout counter or the waiter in the restaurant! It may very well be the fellow passenger on the airplane or the neighbor across the street! Whatever our appointment may be, we should welcome them as opportunities to witness, to serve and to grow spiritually. My friend and brethren, the incidents in our lives don’t just happen by accident, they aren’t determined by the stars, nor are they by chance either. Have you ever noticed how the right things happened at just the right time? My friend, it wasn’t by chance but it was God’s hand at work guiding you. If you were to search the Scriptures you would find so many appointments that God had planned. It wasn’t by chance that:

(1) Elijah and Ahab met on the grassy slopes of Carmel;
(2) Herod and John met on the highways of Galilee;
(3) Pilate and Jesus met in the judgment hall at Jerusalem;
(4) Peter and Cornelius met on the Syrian seaboard;
(5) Philip and the Ethiopian met on the sandy road to Gaza; and,
(6) Nero and Paul met amid the antique splendors of ancient Rome.
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Closing thoughts:

I’m also mindful of the appointments of Jesus Christ Himself. Jesus was a very busy man, and yet, He was never too busy to offer a kind word to the men and women who crossed His path on a daily basis. Here are but a few of His appointments divinely planned by God and woven throughout the Scriptures: (1) He stopped and spoke to the diminutive Zacchaeus perched in a tree to get a better look at the parade of followers; (2) He took a break from his travels to engage in one of his longest recorded conversations with a weary woman at a well with a sullied reputation; (3) He interrupted his schedule to comfort a mother in the funeral procession of her only son; (4) He took time to deliver a demon possessed man who stood in his way on the shore; (5) He noticed a lame man among many who crowded around the pools of Bethesda waiting for the healing waters to stir; (6) He encouraged the distraught Peter after his denial; and, (7) As He comforted his crying mother as she stood at the foot of the cross. From a human perspective, it certainly appears that each of these incidents in Jesus’ life was an interruption in his full daily schedule, but oh, they weren’t interruptions at all. Each of these encounters was a divine appointment from His Heavenly Father who controlled the moments of Jesus’ days. So, my friend and brethren, could God be sending you out on a special assignment each and every time you cross the threshold of your home.
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“Who will God put in your path today”? We never know when an apparent mistake or coincidence might be, in fact, a divine appointment from God.

[NewJerusalem7]

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Psalm 118:24
This is the day which the LORD hath made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Hebrews 13:2
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.