Pray about Everything

This past week God took an opportunity to increase my faith through a simple prayer.

Tracy and I had been in Nairobi, Kenya where I had the opportunity to participate in the annual East Africa J-Life Summit. We had an encouraging week as I learned from and shared with J-Life country leaders from several east African countries.

Our trip over had not been one of the most enjoyable journeys because of a flight delay in Charlotte which led to a rerouting in London through the country of Qatar. This added an extra 6 hour flight to a trip that already had a couple of 8 hour flights. To say that we were praying for a smoother trip home is an understatement.

When I booked my trip Tracy had not planned on going. Then, about a month later she wanted to go with me so I booked her’s separately. This meantthat on our flight from Nairobi to London we were not sitting next to each other. We were hoping to change our seats during online check-in. Well that didn’t happen because the flight was full and there were no options.

While we were traveling to the airport, I shared with John Abrahamse about us not sitting next to each other and he immediately voiced a prayer that God would allow us to sit next to each other on this flight. Tracy jokingly asked him to pray for us to get upgraded to business class and we all laughed it off and he didn’t pray for that.

Once we arrived at the British Airways counter I requested seats next to each other and the agent quickly told me the fight was full and there were no options available. We were bummed but figured we could endure it for 8 hours.

I boarded the plane before Tracy and when I got to my seat at 44F on the 747, which holds about 500 passengers, there was someone sitting there. I informed the young lady that she was in my seat and she told me a similar story to what I was experiencing so I agreed to switch seats with her. Asked her seat number and she told me it was 37F. Well that was a better seat for me anyways because at least I knew it was in the same section of the plane that Tracy was in.

I took my seat and began watching to see where Tracy sat when she came onboard so I could request a seat trade with someone next to her. Once I saw here and we made eye contact, I asked her which seat she was in and she said….”37E”…THE SEAT RIGHT NEXT TO ME! I immediately got goosebumps and voiced a prayer of thanks to God for hearing our prayer and answering it for us. Needless to say, the flight was much more enjoyable than it would have been sitting next to two strangers.

God used this as a gentle nudge to remind me to pray about everything, even if you think He doesn’t care, because He’s our Father and He cares for us, even in the little things.

Luke 18:1, “And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.”