Small Airplanes

.....Huge Men Can't Walk in Small Planes.

My friend Susan was praying for me a few days ago and she said, God, would you just surprise Sheila in the way you speak to her. Lord, we know you are speaking, but would you surprise her. I was thinking, in a good way OK, I have had my fill of surprises over the past few months. Don't get me wrong, I love surprises, but they have a whole new meaning after living in a third world country.

It seems the Lord is shaking everything that can be shaken in me and everyone I know. The words "I don't know" and "maybe" seem to be part of what I am saying all day everyday. I said to a friend the other day, I don't mean to be so non-committal but I just don't know what to tell you. I hate that when I am the one who needs the answer.

So, now your thinking, what does a huge man on a small plane have to do with any of this. Here is what happened....

I was sitting on the plane reading "Looking for God Knows What" by Donald Miller, the guy who wrote, "Blue Like Jazz." (Appropriate title right!) When all of a sudden this guy is trying to walk down the isle of the plane. He was headed to the bathroom, so I thought. I am thinking, dude, don't even try! You are NEVER going to fit. Well, maybe the front half but not the back half which could work depending on what he needed to do, but he might get kicked off the plane. This guy was so big he had to bend over at the waist just to walk. He literally couldn't sit in one seat. He literally had to sit sideways in two seat. As he worked his way into his seat it seemed painful to be that big on such a small plane. I know my mouth was open as I watched him. As he stood next to me I heard the Lord say.....huge men can't fit in small planes.

Surprise!! It was like the light came on and I could see in the physical what God is doing in so many of us. We just don't fit our lives anymore. We pray and ask the Lord to do His will in our lives because the changes are painful. I have often said, I just feel like I don't fit in my skin anymore....that simply means what God is doing is big, really big.

Maybe it is the way you are thinking. Maybe it is what you are doing in a relationship that isn't working. Maybe it is your ministry. For me, is was all of the above. So, as I watched this man it was like God was saying to me, Duh, hello....what I am doing in and around you doesn't fit anymore. You need bigger thinking, bigger vision and new understanding. Sheila, you are trying to fit in the old ways and those ways aren't working anymore. Many of us are being called out of our comfort zone and are being required to grow with our destiny.

I have to remember these words......of course He isn't safe, but He is good.