To Fix a Flat

This is a typical example of a tire repair shop in Sumatra. This particular shop is geared towards motorcycles. Roads being such as they are on Sumatra it is not uncommon to pick up a nail or screw in your tire and have it go flat. Some people here quip that all the nails and screws on the road were put there by owners of tire repair businesses like this one! It normally costs one or two dollars to repair a punctured tire.

Nobody likes having to slow down to fix a flat tire. It is inconvenient. It takes you out of the flow of traffic, which is at times challenging to reenter. It stops your forward motion. It makes you late for your next appointment. But to ignore a flat tire can create bigger problems and longer delays.

God often uses little irritations, like a flat tire, to slow His children down. We can push through these warnings, but to do so often causes bigger problems and longer delays. Whenever an unexpected slowdown occurs it is always best to slow down and become alert to ways that the Father is at work.

Pray for believers on Sumatra to be sensitive to God’s delays and interruptions as invitations to be involved in His work both in them and around them.

Pray for believers here to resist the urge to ignore or push through delays and miss what God is trying to do.

Pray for divine appointments to share the Gospel among all the people groups living on this island.

Many have never heard and believers here are too busy or inward focused to slow down and share.