Assumption Can Short Change Us

She is always at the church premises by 6am wearing some faded
jeans, an old T shirt and some slippers. She always comes to clean the
chapel and arrange the seats. For six years she has never missed a
single Sunday coming to clean the place. On this faithful day a young
man walked into the chapel while she was still cleaning. He went and
sat down watching as the lady cleaned. He was impressed that a lady
who looked quite good even in the old cloths and a scarf over her hair
could be so dedicated to her work in church. He thought within himself
that this was an unfortunate lady who probably had not gotten anyone
to take care of her schooling and now she would probably be an
orange seller or some petty trader struggling to make ends meet. He
watched and within his heart he felt he now knew what God wanted
him to do. When he had felt a compulsion to come very early to church
he had not understood but now he thought he did. He went back to his
car and took out two 50 cedis notes and when the lady finished her
work and was about to leave he called her and commended her for her
service and gave her the notes. She respectfully declined the gift but
he insisted pressing it into her hands. He asked if she lived close by or
if he could go drop her so she would not be late. She thanked him and
told him that her car was nearby, but he did not comprehend or even
try to understand what she had just said. He walked her out
determined to find out all he could about this lady that God wanted him
to help change her level. They walked out of the chapel with him telling
her where he worked and how God had asked him to come early to
church that day and how he believed God is directing him to help make
a big difference in her life. He was so busy talking he had not realized
they had walked directly to a car parked under some trees in the
parking lot. The car made his one year old Benz look like a worn out
wheel barrow. The lady opened the driver’s door stepped in and
handed over her card to the man and said, “I believe God sent you
here for a purpose, but I do not think it was to change my level, May
be it was to change yours.” I am tempted to say it took a forklift to
shut the young man's mouth and move him from the place he was
glued to as the lady drove off. God had a purpose for bringing him to
church that morning and that purpose was to teach him humility which
he learnt well because now two people always clean the chapel when
everyone fails to show up. Many times we think so highly of ourselves
that where God sends us to learn we go trying to teach. We may be
men created in the image of God but at one time ants shall be the
professors seeking to impart knowledge to us only if we are humble
enough to learn.
Stay blessed, be humble, trust and obey. Good morning.