Finding Your Place

ANYONE who walks with God knows that life isn't random—it's chosen, systematic and orchestrated.

Life is deliberate, and if you want to take your rightful place in it, you must find your place in God, and God must find His place in you.

My Place

THE PATRIARCHS of old found their place in God when they chose Him—and God found his place in them when they obeyed his word.

They knew that without faith it was impossible to please God, for whoever comes to God must believe that God exists and that He rewards those who earnestly and diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6)

So they believed in the supernatural.

ENOCH knew that God lived in a realm beyond the natural. He was commended for pleasing Him. He walked with God, and he was not because God took him. (Hebrews 11:5)

To find your place in God, you must please Him.

'If you please God, it does not matter whom you displease. And if you displease Him, it does not matter whom you please' - Steven Lawson

ABRAHAM pleased God by going to a place where he was to receive as an inheritance; not knowing where he was going. (Hebrews 11:8-19)

He understood that obedience was an act of faith, and his willingness to obey God would bring him certainty—and it did.

So if you want certainty and stability in life, walk in obedience to God’s Will. If you desire an expansion in your business, obey God’s instructions. Everyone who obeys God sees the reward.

The Widow of Zarephath saw the reward when she fed Prophet Elijah. Her cruse of oil did not go dry because she obeyed God. (1 Kings 17)

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon those who fear Him [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience], on those who hope [confidently] in His compassion and lovingkindness to rescue their lives from death and keep them alive in famine. (Psalm 33:18-19)

PAUL saw God's faithfulness as he began to serve Him. He found his place in God, and he never stopped occupying it. (Acts 9:3-20)

Subsequently, when he left on a missionary journey, he relied on the Holy Spirit to lead him.

Wherever the Holy Spirit forbade them from going, they didn't. And when he led them to Macedonia, they went there. (Acts 16:6)

No wonder when he was arrested and put on a boat with others, and the storms came, God watched over him. (Acts 27:23-24)

When you find your place in Him, he keeps you safe.

You can have the deed to a house, but until you occupy it, the house is empty. When you find your place, God wants you to occupy it.

MOSES occupied his place when he found it. He returned to Egypt as God led. (Exodus 4:18-29)

He stuck to his calling, and God spoke to him face to face. While God made his ways known to him, he revealed his acts to Israel. (Psalm 103:7)

JOSEPH occupied his place when he shared his dreams with his family. He did not stop his occupation even when they sold him into slavery. He obeyed God in all his endeavours.

He knew that the gift of a man would make a way for him and bring him before great men. (Proverbs 18:16).

When the time was right, the butler remembered him and told the king. He interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams and saved their future. (Genesis 41:1-36)

ESTHER saved the future of the Jews in Persia when they were threatened with death. She understood that a journey is only impossible when you do not embark on it.

She began with prayers and fasting. Esther put her life on the line by going to see King Ahasuerus without an invitation, and God granted her favour. (Esther 5)

WHEN you occupy the place God puts you in, everything in your life begins to fall in place.

The more David pleased God, the more things in his life fell in place.

And he said, “O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good. How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favoured by God] is the man who takes refuge in Him.” (Psalm 34:8)

DANIEL understood from the scriptures that the desolation of Jerusalem would be seventy years. So he began to pray.

As he did, Angel Gabriel came to give him more understanding. (Daniel 9)

When Jesus saw that Satan had planned to sift Peter, he prayed for him. (Luke 22:31-34) When you see things, God wants you to pray.

When the apostles were threatened, they prayed. When Peter was arrested and imprisoned, they prayed. (Acts 4:29-35 & Acts 12:5)

Final Thoughts

WHEN you occupy your place, you learn how to wait in prayer.

As you do, some things will fall into place, and others will fall out of it.