The Lord never wastes our meeting.

We should yearn for the meeting God gives us rather than the one we want.

The reason is because there is clear will of God that is good, perfect and pleasing (Rom. 12:2)

When He gives us the meeting or allows us to have one even though it looks coincidence

(even though it may looks like it to us)

All those meetings are for us (1 Sam. 22:3).

Maybe God’s will is  ...

For me to be like David who was running away from King Saul

So that we can meet “Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt,

and everyone who was discontented” (1 Sam. 22:2)

and that we can sympathize with their weaknesses (Heb. 4:15),

For me to realize that the only true comforter is God the Holy Spirit (Jn. 14:16)

By make me to understand that those who come to comfort me in suffering like Job’s friends,

Who were just sorry comforters (Job 16:2),

For me to be like Hannah, who pour out her soul before the Lord (1 Sam. 1:15),

Because she was provoked bitterly by Elkanah’s another wife Peninnah, who irritate Hannah (vv. 6-7), because Elkanah loved Hannah in double portions (v. 5)

So Hannah wept and wouldn’t eat (v. 7) because

she was greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly (v. 10).

But priest Eli thought that she was drunk and might consider her “a worthless woman” (vv. 14-16)

Even though she was pouring out her soul before the Lord (v. 15).

Maybe God wants me to pour out my soul before the Lord

through suffering and misery and pains by God’s given or allow meetings with family and pastor,

For me to be like Gideon, who bowed in worship with assurance of victory

After he heard the account of the dream and its interpretation from the enemies (Judg. 7:9-15)

Maybe God’s will is for me to bow down and worship God

By God’s given assurance of salvation and of victory even through meeting with me enemies,

For me to be like disobedient Jonah who was reminded the Lord’s command (Jon. 1:6)

even through non-believers

So that I may make the decision of repentance (v. 12) after being rebuked (vv. 7-10),

For me to be like Naomi, who experienced the bitterness of life (Ruth 1:20)

But eventually experienced great joy through her daughter-in-law Ruth (4:13-17),

So that the Lord may turn my bitterness into great joy through my family member,

For me to be like Joseph, who was loved by his father Jacob but hated by his older brothers (Gen. 37:4)

 Ans was almost killed by them (v. 20) but eventually was taken to Egypt and became a Potiphar’s slave (39:1),

Was falsely accused by the Phtiphar’s wife and even got imprisoned (vv. 14-21),

Met the cupbearer of King Pharaoh and interpreted his dream (ch. 40)

And eventually interpreted King Pharaoh’s dream and became in charge of whole Egypt (ch. 41),

And saved his whole family (45:5),

So that the Lord may work together even such meetings like the Joseph’s brothers and the Photiphar’s wife 

in order for me to forgive them and take care of them (50:21), etc.

As I meditate the Word of God, I believe that

God will never waste the meetings that He gives or allows in His sovereignty

But accomplish His good, perfect and pleasing will toward us.