Life Lesson: Trusting in God

Today I received my new passport that I applied for exactly a week ago. Behind this new application, I went through some spiritual experiences that were worth remembering. 

I discovered that I needed to renew my passport when I was trying to book a flight ticket for an official trip to Singapore and Manila. Immediately, I applied for the renewal of my about-to-expire passport. The waiting time was about two months to get an appointment. I was a little concerned as I was to take a foreign trip by early October this year. My old passport expires in August this year and my renewal required two months waiting period. I was about to take a shortcut way of going for Tatkal at a higher processing fee. But as I calmed down and considered before the Lord, the peace of Christ within me led me not to worry about it and simply follow the waiting period. Deep within me, I had an assurance that everything will be alright. Then I applied for the normal renewal and waited for two months. Meanwhile, I undertook two distribution trips.

Last Monday, I went for the renewal and went through all the steps of document processing and completed everything. Once I came out of the passport office, I received a message stating that my passport has been granted. Then, later I received an email for Police verification. And later again, I received an email notification of the dispatch detail of the passport.

Since a four-days training came up which began last Wednesday, I decided to complete the Police verification and also get the passport. But my natural enthusiasm did not yield any fruit. Then, I went to the training and decided to handle these matters after the training. 

Right after the training, I received a call from the Police station last Saturday for passport approval Police verification which I did yesterday after the Lord’s Table meeting. The same evening, I received a call from the postman about my passport delivery. And today morning I got my new passport.

This is a very normal natural process. But for me, there are some deep spiritual learnings behind the scenes. The Lord's hand was upon me and my environment including the people whom I contacted. The lesson of trusting in the Lord and living by faith even in this matter was so precious to me. And the lesson of the Lord’s sovereignty over my situation added to the degree of God’s loving care for me. Thank the Lord that He cares for me even in all the fine and minute matters. Just trusting in Him for all things has been a real enjoyment of peace.

Two months of waiting and a week of processing was the time duration for this wonderful experience of trusting the Lord! I need not push anything naturally and if I did so, it did not yield any result. All that was required was to learn to trust and wait for the Lord to do His work. Praise the Lord for this lesson and experience!