MANY PEOPLE would love to be in their best place. But God wants you in His best place.
God knows the thoughts he has for you, plans of peace and well-being, and not of disaster, to give a future and hope (Jeremiah 29:11)
ABRAM understood God wasn’t haphazard.
So when he called him to leave his father’s house for a country, he would show him; he knew God meant it. Then, God made him a promise.
I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you [abundantly] and make your name great (exalted, distinguished);
And you shall be a blessing [a source of great good to others]. (Genesis 12:1-3)
Abram needed to be elsewhere. He realized that his place of calling was God’s place of promise.
The place of God's Spirit is where you find His Will
As he sowed in the land, he reaped one hundredfold that year (Genesis:12-33).
Your place of promise is where you’re most pleasurable to Him.
God’s promises come from his heart; this is where you go to know the WILL of GOD.
PAUL and TIMOTHY had shared the gospel in different places.
But the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them when they got to Bithynia. So, they went elsewhere (Acts 16:1-7).
They knew the place of His will was the place of His Spirit. To experience God's power, they walked in His Will.
ABRAM was on his way to the promised land when he told Abimelech that Sarai was his sister.
Abimelech, king of Gerar took Sarai to his home. That same night, God came to him in a dream.
Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken [as your wife], for she is another man’s wife (Genesis 20:1-8).
Despite his deception, God protected Sarai.
WHEN HE struggled with waiting for a child, he asked God: What will you give me knowing that I am childless? ( Genesis 15:2)
Knowing God’s heart took some burden off him.
ELIJAH knew God's heart when he told Ahab to go and eat (1 Kings 18:41). However, he went to pray.
When you receive a word from God, it’s not time to sit and do nothing. It’s time to pray until you see it come to pass—you actively wait.
Simeon and Anna actively waited for Messiah’s birth (Luke 3:25-39).
WHEN the believers prayed, they saw Peter delivered from prison (Acts 12:5-17).
They knew that prayer was the engine room.
GOD had told Israel how to conduct a census (Exodus 30:13-16).
So, when David commanded one for the fighting men, Joab told him that a census would be sinful (2 Chronicles 21:1).
However, when he insisted, the counting was done. God was displeased, and he punished Israel.
God gave him three choices, but David fell into God's hands.
Seventy thousand people died in the plague. Then, God sent an angel to destroy the people (1 Chronicles 21:14).
But as the angel prepared, God told him to stop. The angel was standing by the threshing floor of Araunah, the Jebusite (1 Chronicles 21:14-15).
DAVID and the LEADERS of ISRAEL put on sackcloth to show their distress. They fell face down on the ground.
I am the one who called for the census! I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are as innocent as sheep—what have they done? O Lord my God, let your anger fall against me and my family, but do not destroy your people.” (1 Chronicles 21:17)
The best place to be is where you take ownership of your sins (2 Chronicles 7:14).
Then, the angel told Gad to tell David to build an altar.
He built one and offered sacrifices on it. The place of worship is where God delights.
Araunah’s threshing floor became David’s place for redemption.
SOMETIMES, we move thinking things will go as planned but go wrong.
Elimelek, Naomi and their two sons thought so too.
They left Bethlehem for Moab because of famine.
The three men died, leaving. Naomi, Ruth and Orpah.
Ruth and Naomi returned to Bethlehem (the place of bread), where Boaz redeemed Ruth. (Ruth 4:1-9).
Bringing it Together
RUTH and BOAZ returned to the place of bread.
Jesus Christ is the Bread of Life. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever (John 6:53-59).
You can only do this when you accept Him as Lord and Saviour.
If you’ve done this, you’re in God’s best place.
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