You’re special in the eyes of the Creator of all things.
“I walked into a hotel and after going through the menu, I ordered some food. After about 20 mins a group of guys and ladies walked in & ordered theirs. To my dismay, these folks got served first. I watched as they began to eat& laugh heartily. I even overheard one of them bragging about how connected he is to everyone in the hotel and I felt mocked . I decided to leave. Unable to take it anymore , I called the waiter. He calmly told me: “yours is a special order, being prepared by the chief chef himself. Their orders were prepared hurriedly by students on attachment because the top chefs are busy with yours Sir. That’s why they were served first. Please have some juice as you wait”. I calmed down & waited patiently.
Shortly after, my meal was served by 6 waiters. Unknown to me, the owner of the hotel (who happened to be an old long lost friend of mine) saw me when I entered and decided to surprise me. She changed my simple meal to a five-star meal. The party at the other table were shocked. They couldn’t stop staring. Suddenly they were the ones murmuring, asking why they didn’t get that kind of service and meal.
Such is life! Some people are ahead of you and are eating now, laughing at you and talking about how they are smarter, wiser and better than you, how they are well connected, blessed, have money and are enjoying life . You are waiting tirelessly wondering why it’s taking so long to breakthrough, You endure mockery and humiliation. Maybe you have contemplated suicide, gone throughout depression or suffered severe mental anxiety. Do not worry! The owner of the world has seen u & doesn’t want u to be served a simple meal like those making a mockery of you. You’re waiting long because yours is a special meal. It takes time to prepare. And only chief chefs prepare them.
Wait for your meal and relax . When it comes that laughing party will be silenced for good.”
I love this story (Author Unknown) because it lays bare the lie that those served first are most deserving. Jesus teaches us in the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard that timing, selection, “fairness,” etc., have no influence on his treatment of each of us. We are his children and he loves us unconditionally.
The season you are in, the roads you have or are walking, the situation of your life right now are a part of his plan and purpose for your life. What if the hard lessons and life experiences you have been through create a pathway of influence and hope of generations to come? Would it be worth it? Trust God’s timing and believe with all your heart in the limitless love that he showers on you, even and perhaps most in those times where you struggle to see and feel it. He is making and molding something exponentially special within you that takes more time than those around you.
“So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.” Matthew 20:16