The Jonah Principle: God has a place

Jonah 1:1-2
The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it because their evil has come up before me.

Wow, we have traveled all the way to the end of the first part of this series. We have looked at the Word God has for us, then the parts of the calling of God, the talents He has given you and the vision to see it through. Now we are looking at the final piece of this puzzle, where. If God has a calling, then it stands to reason He has a place for you to fulfill it. In Jonah's case it was Nineveh, in yours it may be more complex. 

Judges 7:21 "They stood every man in his place." In this old testament story every man had a place to stand in the battle plan the Lord had given Gideon, in the same way in this warfare we are engaged in, we each have a place to be in God doing the job He has given us. Watchman Nee in his study on Ephesians gave us three places we are to be in our journey with God. We begin sitting in the presence of Christ, then learn to walk in His power, and finally learn to stand in faith, learning at each phase of growth the power Christ has over whatever we face. Why bring this up? Our place to complete the calling of God, may have seasons of sitting, standing, or walking, we have to learn obedience to His voice and by that we will complete His will. 

Mark 3:34-37 talks about finding and losing ourselves dependent on our obedience to Him. As we lose ourselves (flesh) we find Him in a real way, when we find ourselves (flesh) we lose out with him. We may settle for a career and not a calling, we may settle in the wilderness, and not live in the promised land of abundance. It comes down to finding our place to do what we are called to do. 

Your place may be your family, and friends, being the light to them and encouraging them to stay the course and make heaven their home. Your place may be a community ministry, feeding and clothing the homeless, or helping in a free medical clinic if you have that skill set. It may be behind a pulpit teaching and preaching God's word or even farther on the mission field to those who have never heard the Gospel. Regardless, He will empower you to do it and reach those who need reached.

Prayer: Lord, help me to find my place, and grow there bringing glory to Your name and souls into the Kingdom. In Jesus' Name I pray. Amen

Grace and peace be multiplied to you.
Eric