ED started today’s plan presentation with this little devotional thought. I simply needs to put this down.
“Where are you?” This is God’s first question to mankind (see Gen 3:9). God is not concern of who we are….our identity. He is not concern with what we have done…….our security. He is not concern what we need to do….our purpose. He is concern with where we are…….our position or location. In another words, He is concern with the position of our journey with Him and also where He has placed us in our journey with Him.
Our identity is clear…..we are His children and His beloved. Our security is clear……we are saved and redeemed not because of what we have done but in His finished work on the cross. Our purpose is clear….to make disciples of all nations. But are we clear where we are? The place that the Lord has placed us is His very purpose for us.
After 1 year in TCS, I am beginning to see why the Lord has has placed me in SAF for the past 10 years and also why He has led me here. It is still a journey. But I begin to see that where He has placed me at different juncture or phases of my life has its exact purpose for me. Sometimes we fight and ask God to show us His purpose and move us to place where we can serve Him and know Him. However, where we are is exactly the place He has purpose and where He wants us to serve. As ED shared, where He has placed us is a place of faith, freedom and fruitfulness. I begin to understand what Paul wrote now in Phil 4:11 “Not that I speak from want; for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.” Because in whatever place he was, he has the faith, freedom and frutifulness in all that he does. He can say that he is contented, because he know where he is.
Do you know where are you now?
