Getting to the Place God Wants YOU to Be

At Church 247, we have a mission statement that goes “Helping people move from where they are to where God wants them to be.”  If we say we’re meeting people where they are and helping them get where God wants them to be, then we have to assume God has somewhere that he wants each of us to be.

Ezekiel Chapter 20 and verse 6, God’s Word says,

“In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:”

The words “into a land that I had espied for them,” literally means “a land that was selected by God Himself.”  I believe that God is taking us somewhere, and if He is taking us somewhere, He’s going to help us get there.

As I think about the children of Israel and what they must have felt when God led them out of bondage from Egypt and led them to the Promised-land, and I couldn’t help but think:

• We can rejoice over what God has done to get us where we are today;
• And we can look forward to the place that He is taking us.

And I think what we are really talking here about the Sovereignty of God, the leadership of God.  I believe that God has a place for every one of us.  And if you agree with me that God has a place for everyone of us, then we must have the faith to believe that God knows how to get you and I to that place.  But the sad reality is, not everyone will get to that place that God has “espied” for them.

Several years ago, we became involved in Biker Churches.  I was a traditional pastor, so Biker churches were a shocked to my system.  But for whatever reason, God had me in that place.  Looking back now, and seeing the place that I am at, I can clearly see what God was doing along the way.  And I can clearly see the things used to get Kim and I to Church 247.  God has picked a place for you, a place where He knew He could best use you.  The way we got here may not be the way we would have envisioned; the people and problems we faced might not have been what we were anticipating – but they’re what God used to get us here.  Rather than be bitter about the past, be grateful that those were the things God used to get you where He wanted you to be – the Place He Has Picked for You!