I have to share something with you that is just so ironic, it makes me wonder if I am a fortune teller.
This morning I was journaling about what it means to me to be the difference. Here’s what I wrote in my journal…
“If you’re not responsible with little things, no one will give you responsibility for the big things. Notice how I didn’t say ‘important’ things. Everything is important.”
I was trying to capture the essence of how sometimes we feel like a task is somehow diminished in importance because it is small or goes unnoticed.
I then began to imagine a scenario where I was speaking to a group of people. In my daydream I was telling those people about this hypothetical situation where I was coming to speak to them, but I wouldn’t have been able to do so if my wife hadn’t helped me out with some seemingly insignificant task that no one would have known about.
Have I made it clear that I just imagined that scenario? Good, because here’s the weird part…
What actually happened this morning – after my journaling and subsequent daydream – was that, when I arrived at church an hour early to rehearse our songs, I realized the battery in my guitar had died. With a dead battery I would not be able to plug my guitar in and be heard in the PA system.
I texted someone in the audio crew to see if they had a battery on hand. I also sent a copy of the text to my wife. In case they didn’t have one, I thought she could run out and get one.
It turns out they didn’t have one, so she had to run out and get one. She saved the day! I was able to confidently carry on with my rehearsal knowing that my wife was taking care of the situation. She had my back.
I was able to play guitar for the congregation all because my wife ran out and got me a battery.
And nobody knew about it. That’s what I call being the difference.
After the service was over, I realized that what she had done was a fulfillment of my prophetic vision! 😜
Be ready to do helpful, yet seemingly insignificant tasks that get you no recognition. This is what being the difference is all about!