How uncanny— that my sharing about God’s DETOURS in our lives at the Orientation for a group of Tanzanian medical students should take place at “Idara Ya Macho,” the Eye Department, the specialty I’d dreamed of entering when I entered medical school.
And here I am, nearly 20 years later, far from being an Ophthalmologist, but in the midst of the biggest detour of my life.
Since I landed in Tanzania, doors to speak closed on me simply because of my gender. As a woman, I’m not encouraged to speak on platforms. And to be honest, that killed a part of me— to feel rejected for a gift I’d felt God had given me to steward.
But something happened last night— I’d first turned down this speaking invitation. But when God downloaded the message of Solomon and Rahab— how we all desire to be rich, smart and powerful, but can only be counted faithful if our hearts are in the right place, even if we’re poor, unschooled and powerless— I realized this message was for me.
This became the first time I spoke in public in Tanzania, and I hope will spark many more to come.
I’m learning— that it doesn’t matter if people think we’re qualified or not. It doesn’t matter if our lives look like one detour after another.
Because no one in the right mind would have counted Rahab worthy to be scribed in the Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11. But she, the unlikely candidate, made it there— not Solomon.
Not because she was capable or applauded, but because she had faith with obedience. She feared God. Her heart, not Solomon’s, was in the right place.
So even if all the doors close in on you, let’s trust, like Rahab, that when the right time comes, we’ll be ready.
Because if our hearts are postured rightly with God, our detours can, like Rahab’s, define our destiny. But if our hearts have strayed, then our detours, like Solomon’s, can destroy and become our very downfall.
Let’s end well. 💛
Thank you @juliusmwimo_ for organizing ✨
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