當外送員海瑟送餐到提姆家的時候，提姆拜託她幫忙解開食物的包裝袋。因為自從幾年前提姆中風之後，就無法自己解開繩結。海瑟欣然答應了，而且接下來一整天都不斷想到提姆的事。最後，她決定為提姆準備一份愛心包裹。後來，提姆收到了海瑟留在他門邊的熱巧克力和紅色毯子，以及一張為他加油打氣的紙條，令他不禁熱淚盈眶。

海瑟的送餐服務遠比她所預期的更加意義重大，而當耶西派小兒子大衛送食物給在軍中的兄長時，情況也是如此。那時，以色列軍隊「擺列隊伍，要與非利士人打仗」（撒母耳記上17章2節）。當大衛帶著餅和乳酪來到前線的時候，卻發現歌利亞天天向以色列軍隊罵陣，嘲諷奚落上帝的百姓，令他們心生畏懼（8-10、16、24節）。歌利亞如此蔑視「永生上帝的軍隊」（26節），惹怒了大衛，也致使他挺身而出。大衛對掃羅王說：「人都不必因那非利士人膽怯。你的僕人要去與那非利士人戰鬥。」（32節）

有時候，上帝會使用你我日常生活中的處境，將我們放在祂要使用我們的地方。願我們能張開眼、敞開心，看見祂要我們去哪裡並要如何服事人。

When Heather’s job took her to Tim’s house to deliver his take-out meal, he asked her to help him untie the knot in the food bag. Tim had suffered a stroke a few years prior and no longer had the ability to untie the knot himself. Heather cheerfully obliged. Throughout the rest of her day, Heather’s thoughts returned to Tim frequently and she was inspired to assemble a care package for him. When Tim later found the hot cocoa and red blanket she’d left at his door with an encouraging note, he was moved to tears.

Heather’s delivery became much more significant than she originally anticipated. The same was true when Jesse sent his young son David to supply his brothers with food when the Israelites “drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines” (1 Samuel 17:2). When David arrived with the bread and cheese, he learned Goliath had been instilling fear in God’s people with his daily taunting (vv. 8-10, 16, 24). David was incensed by Goliath’s defiance of “the armies of the living God” (v. 26) and was moved to respond, saying to King Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him” (v. 32).

God sometimes uses the circumstances of our daily lives to put us in places where He wants to use us. Let’s keep our eyes (and hearts!) open to see where and how He might want us to serve someone.