A few days ago, I got to the Costco gas station. I love the convenience of many pumps and the savings on the price of gas.
In total, there are about eight lanes that you can go on – four on each side, with three pumps, which makes it easy depending on whether your gas tank is on the right or left. But, it’s not the end of the world if your tank is on the other side, it just takes a tad bit more effort as the chord of the pump extends.
As I got there, I decided I wanted to be where the pump would be easily accessible. There were a few cars in front of me, but the process isn’t usually too bad. As I sat there waiting, I noticed the line for the pumps to the left of me seemed to have emptied of cars, I determined quickly that I didn’t have to wait, and could switch over.
At the same moment I had this thought and about to execute, a car pulled in and got on the available pump. But, now, I was on this new line.
As I looked over to my right (where I was originally), I saw all the cars that were on the pumps finish up and move on, and now here I was, sitting behind these other cars that had not even started their process.
I just sat there, both chuckling at myself and learning my lesson, once again.. ‘don’t try to circumvent the waiting process’.
I took a quick moment to record the lesson for my new YouTube channel. And, as I was recording, I remembered the story of Abraham and Sarah, who tried to circumvent their waiting process.
They had been waiting many many years for a promise that God had given them, and believing God might have meant something else, or that He wasn’t going to do the thing, they opted to come up with a plan to make it happen. We know this did not end well for them.
Thankfully, this act of impatience (this time) only cost me a few minutes. I had to sit and watch people slowly meandering out of their cars, meanwhile, if I had stayed in my original lane, I would have been long gone.
I wish I could say I’ve learned this lesson, but I know it will be a matter of time that I’m sharing another lesson. I just pray that it won’t be one that will wreak havoc on my life and future because I was too impatient to wait on God.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for these lessons. Even while I’m chuckling on things that are seemingly so trivial, I know they are much bigger in the lessons you are teaching me. Help me to learn that you can be trusted and that when you instruct us to wait, that we can trust you with the outcome.