Divine Blinding

I was in a hurry to renew my passport which was due to expire six months from now. I did my best to renew it as soon as possible even to the point of writing to the chief passport officer, trying to push in every angle possible. Even when I got the appointment online I kept this as my first priority above any other matters. However, I was blind to the fact that the Lord's timing was not yet. 

On the day of the appointment, I mistook the road and was deriving merry-go-round. When I did enter the passport office, I was slowed down at the counter for my marriage certificate verification and was asked to wait. But so impatient I was, I spoke unkindly to the counter and was given an option to meet the passport officer myself for verification. Doing so made the process slower and I was forced to wait even more longer, as the officer was on her lunch break. When she finally came and checked my document, she asked me to attest it from Taiwan embassy in New Delhi. Actually this certificate was already attested but I was blind to that fact; then I cancelled the appointment and came back home only to realize that the certificated was already attested. Disappointed I was for such a simple absence of mind. But behind the scene, was God in control.

The real facts were: 

1. I still had time and need not be too hurry to renew my passport

2. There were two main matters I had to take care instead of my passport; I tried to forego yet the Lord's wisdom would not allow me to. Instead of this, I had to deal urgently with the official matters of the literature service I am involved in and had to go to Jaipur urgently for the preparation work of the gospel. Had I went through the the passport matter I would have missed the weightier matters of things at hand. The Lord knew what was best and gave be divine blinding, so as to take care of the more important and urgent matters than that of my own.

This incident was a real life-lesson to me. First things first, not according to my will or choice, but according to the real need. Even if I had to go ahead with my own strong will, the Lord would block the way and gave me blessed divine blindness so as not to bypass the weightier matters. Praise the Lord for His sovereignty!

Lord, praise You! Never allow anything not out of or according to You. Even if in my folly I went blindly ahead, bless me with the divine blinding, so as not of mine will but yours be done.