God Made a Full Circle to Elevate Me

I went to Target for my third interview. They accepted my application for the overnight shift at the store. They sent me to a pre-employment drug test as the final step of joining their team. I looked at the address 9555 SW. Barnes Rd. and nodded to myself. I knew that area pretty well because it was not that far from my house. I set my GPS and drove. Upon arrival, the GPS said the building was on my left. I looked and smiled. I basically arrived at Providence hospital where my wife used to do her internship. Across from it was another familiar building where my wife usually had her chemo.

I parked at the usual building whenever I took my wife to her treatment. I walked and saw the building on my left was 9701. I continued walking to my destination. When I got there I saw the building number was 9400. I cringed. I asked the espresso lady at the front if she knew where 9555 building was. She pointed two other buildings that she thought might possibly be the one. I walked to the first building and the number was still at 9400s. I tried the other building which was the emergency room and asked again. The person showed me where the actual front door of the building was so I could ask the receptionist. I went in and the receptionist did not know where 9555 building either. She took me to another table where patient information was. The lady there took out a map and showed me where 9555 building was. It was actually around the area where I parked my car.

Feeling funny, I walked back. On the way I saw the sign “9555” with an arrow pointing to a certain direction. Cool. I followed the arrow and I finally arrived at the building. I grinned. After about 15 minutes of walking around the big complex, the 9555 building was actually the Peterkort Center building, the exact building where my wife usually had her chemo. I even had a picture taken in front of that exact spot where it said, “9555.”

Her chemo room is on the first floor. The place I was going to was at the third floor. I entered the room and the lady asked me to take a seat. I sat down and reflected upon what just happened. I learned a long time ago that every event I am going through in life is never incidental. Everything has meaning in it and God always speaks through these daily experiences to me.

The biggest lesson I learned:

To elevate higher in God’s calling in my life, the place to start is going back to the strength of my marriage. Yes, my wife is sick right now. But just like her place of chemo is on the first floor and my destination is on the third floor of the same building, in order for me to arrive at God’s appointed destination in my life, it will have everything to do with my wife and her condition.

The second thing I learned:

I may feel lost in the journey towards the Father at times. But there is no reason to be afraid. Just like the building complex, I am already there. I am already in the proximity of God’s calling in my life. No matter how lost I am, I am already in the vicinity. It is only a walking distance to my destination. Take heart!

The third lesson I learned:

God will provide all of my needs. Just like the moment of trying to find the building, I knew I was lost, but at the same time I knew I was not that lost. I knew where things were already. I just needed to dig deeper. On the way home, I visited my wife’s chemo place to grab some hot chocolate to warm me up. God provides.

Deuteronomy 30:11-14:

“For this command which I enjoin on you today is not too mysterious and remote for you.
It is not up in the sky, that you should say, 'Who will go up in the sky to get it for us and tell us of it, that we may carry it out?'
Nor is it across the sea, that you should say, 'Who will cross the sea to get it for us and tell us of it, that we may carry it out?'
No, it is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have only to carry it out.”

Bro Chan