There are realities about life that find you if you’re ready. Life has interruptions (like Covid-19) that happen to all of us. Knowing how to respond when your life is interrupted makes the difference in how fast you recover and how well your future is shaped.
God doesn’t always create interruptions, but God uses interruptions to reset your life. The brevity of life, the human body, emotional realities, relational truths, money matters, and more connected to events that interrupt your life, bringing unwelcomed results and unwanted change.
When your life hits a roadblock, a suitable response has two parts: what you know before the interruption, and how you respond after the interruption. Before a major event occurs, you cultivate courage, honesty, unselfishness, and strength. After the event happens, you activate the strength that’s in you and learn how to manage the interruption and create a better future. The interruption pulls on what’s already in you and helps you manage the situation. With God’s help, your experience will take you beyond the interruption and into a reset that only God can orchestrate.
Here’s what knowing how to respond when your life is interrupted means:
- Interruptions happen, so you respond by preparing ahead. You get life insurance, health insurance (and other coverages). You save money and live with a financial surplus. The Extra Life Marketplace Ministry recommends more than one source of income. When an interruption happens and disrupts one income, your second income acts as a hedge to keep a positive cash flow. Changing how you handle money is a gigantic step to preparing for a life interruption.
- Interruptions are unpredictable, so you respond by sharing life with your community. When interruptions happen, your relationships and community are a significant benefit for you, and you are a benefit to others. It does not mean we live on an island. We are supposed to be connected with each other, doing life together. Our community (friends, church, family, neighbors, and associates) is not only important when an interruption occurs, but it’s also valuable before something happens.
- Interruptions require that you live by faith. You respond by living by faith every day, instead of waiting for something to search for God. When a major catastrophic event happens, emotions are high and needs are great. If you are already living by faith, you can quickly call upon God for help. You gain comfort. You shun fear. You trust God for your safety. You are also positioned to encourage others who need help to connect with God’s comfort.
- Interruptions alter your plans. You respond by trusting God and His plan. When a change happens and you are already following God, go to God and ask, “What’s the new plan?”
- Interruptions bring uncertainty. You respond by trusting that God finishes what He starts (Philippians 1:6). When an interruption comes, stand firm, pray, and seek God for guidance. He may want you to continue on the path you were on before the interruption or He may have a new direction for you to follow. Either way, trust that He has your best interest in His mind.
- Interruptions stretch you. You respond by stepping up to the plate, growing, and refusing to retreat.
- Interruptions do not change the foundational Bible truth. You respond by diving deeper into God’s word for guidance, understanding, and direction.
When an interruption happens, it is never easy. There is no cookie-cutter plan that solves major life-altering problems. But there are answers that help you handle every day, allowing God to take care of you, one step at a time. How do you respond when your life is interrupted? You “lean in” toward God and His plan for your future. Then you take comfort in knowing He has you.
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