Edition 18
Interrupted
Last Edition Recap
How have you applied the last edition to your life?
Opening Prayer
Faithful Father, You’re always available; teach us to see interruptions as divine appointments rather than disruptions. Amen.
Introduction
Deadline approaching. Every second precious. Focus intense. Then someone interrupts—needs your time, your attention, now. The frustration is instant. “I hate people talking whilst I’m interrupting” reads the ironic sign, capturing our self-centred reality. We demand uninterrupted time whilst constantly interrupting others. Now consider Jesus: thirty years old when He began. Three years to teach heaven’s truths and save humanity. Three years. Not thirty. Not thirteen. Three. Every moment mattered. Every second counted. The salvation of the world hung on a three-year timeline. Talk about pressure. Yet Scripture repeatedly records the same response: “Jesus stopped.” “Jesus turned.” Blind beggars crying out. Bleeding women reaching through crowds. Terrified disciples waking Him from desperately needed sleep. Each interruption could have derailed the mission. Each delay could have cost precious teaching time. But Jesus never saw people as interruptions to His salvation mission. Each person became His mission of salvation. We protect our time like treasure whilst Jesus spent His like love. The difference? We see interruptions. He saw invitations.
Chat Point 1
When someone interrupts your important work, what’s your honest first reaction?
How do you decide whose interruptions deserve your time and whose don’t?
What does our frustration with interruptions reveal about how we value people?
If you knew you only had three years to accomplish your life’s purpose, how would you handle interruptions?
When have you been the interruption someone else needed?
Read
Matthew 20:29-34, Mark 10:46-52, Matthew 9:18-26, Luke 8:22-25, Jeremiah 29:12-13
Key Focus
Matthew 20:32 – “Jesus stopped…” / Mark 10:49 – “Jesus stopped…” / Matthew 9:22 – “Jesus turned…” / Luke 8:24 – “…and woke him…”
Chat Point 2
What stood out for you about Jesus’s consistent willingness to stop despite His urgent mission?
How do the disciples’ reactions to interruptions differ from Jesus’s response?
What do these encounters reveal about how Jesus values efficiency versus people?
Why do you think God might send someone to interrupt your carefully planned day?
What would change if you saw interruptions as opportunities rather than obstacles?
Final Thought
Jesus never placed anyone on a waiting list. Never told someone to schedule an appointment. Never protected His calendar from desperate people. Three years to save the world, yet He stopped for blind beggars, turned for bleeding women, woke for frightened disciples. He had the ultimate deadline but lived without hurry. Why? Because people weren’t interruptions to His mission—they were His mission. Each interruption was an invitation to demonstrate the very salvation He came to provide. He hasn’t changed. When you need Him, you’re not interrupting some cosmic event. You’re not bothering the Creator of the universe. You’re the very reason He came. Call out. Don’t hesitate. Don’t wait for a more convenient time. The same Jesus who stopped on the road to Jericho stops for you. The same compassion that turned to a desperate woman in a crowd turns to you. We’re learning the wrong lesson if we only see Jesus as available. The deeper truth is that we’re called to be like Him—to see the interrupting colleague not as disruption but as divine appointment, the needy neighbour not as inconvenience but as invitation. Your interruptions might be someone’s salvation.
My Action
What key insight or learning from this session resonates most with me, and what do I sense God is inviting me to do in response?
Shared Prayer
What are your prayer requests?
Closing Prayer
Lord, remind us we can never interrupt You; help us see every interruption as You do—a person worth stopping for. Amen.
In-Between Chats: Personal Reflection
What do you need to “interrupt” Jesus with that you’ve been hesitating to bring to Him?
Who in your life might need you to be interruptible this week, and how will you make space for them?
How can you begin seeing interruptions as part of God’s plan rather than disruptions to your plan?

Edition Writer: Rev Kevin Zondagh
Ordained Minister, Life Coach, Couples Coach, Executive Coach. Founder of CoffeeChatConnect and Exemplar Coaching Pty Ltd.