We’re not going to understand everything that happens in life. There will be detours, delays, dead ends, and times when we’re stuck. It’s easy to get discouraged when our plans don’t work out, a door closes, someone does us wrong. We take one step forward, then two steps back. But God doesn’t always take us in a straight line. The Scripture says, “Everything serves His plan” (Psalm 119:91). It’s not just the good breaks, the times you’re promoted, seeing favor; but even the closed doors, the relationship breaks, the setbacks. It doesn’t make sense to us, but God has a master plan. He sees what we can’t see. He closes doors to force us to change. We’re comfortable where we were, but God has something greater, something we’ve never imagined. He uses trouble as transportation to propel you to a new level of your destiny. The question is, Will you trust Him in the trouble? Will you stay in peace when you don’t understand what’s happening?

In the book of Acts, the disciples were experiencing great favor and blessing. The Holy Spirit came like a rushing mighty wind and filled them with power. They went throughout Jerusalem praying for people, seeing the sick healed and the lame walk. They spoke to great crowds, and thousands became believers. But it says in chapter 8, “A great wave of persecution arose, and all the disciples in Jerusalem fled to Judea and Samaria.” The opposition was so strong, they had to leave their homes and flee for their lives. It’s significant that God had the power to stop the persecution, the stress, and the heartache. But sometimes God closes a door or allows you to be pushed out in order to have those winds blow you to the greater He has for you.

Forced out of Jerusalem, the disciples went to Samaria and Judea and shared their faith. Had they not left Jerusalem, Christianity wouldn’t have spread. They would have just kept it to the Jewish people. God had to push them out of their nest. They were satisfied in Jerusalem, but what God had in mind was much bigger. Because of the opposition, the good news of salvation spread and continues to spread all over the world. You don’t know what God is up to. In real time, all we see is an adversity we didn’t choose—persecution pushed us out, a friend walked away, the contract didn’t go through, the medical report hasn’t improved. God is saying, “I’m still ordering your steps. It’s all serving My plan.”

Now, trust Him when you don’t understand, when it doesn’t make sense, when things don’t seem fair. You’re about to feel the fresh wind of the Spirit rushing over you. It’s the Most High God breathing on your life with favor, healing, breakthroughs, and joy. Trust His ways.