Divinely Planted

Have you ever given much thought as to why you are where you are in life right now? If you had a choice, would you be somewhere else? Would you be doing something completely different? If so, would that change truly complete your purpose in life?

So many people wish there lives away by wanting to be somewhere else or to be someone else. Is this you? We have seen others in our lifetimes do the same and many of them ended up in a worse state. There is such a thing as being in the right place at the right time, especially if God is in the picture. Divine intervention has had its place in creation from the very beginning. If you are a Christian, God has you where you are for a reason. When He is ready to make a move for you, it will come. There is no reason for any of us to rush His timing.

        When we take a look at biblical history, we find that God placed certain people in certain places to fulfill His divine plan for mankind. Any alterations could cause major outcomes for future events. “Back to the Future” was a three part production that had people moving forward and backwards in time. Depending on how they altered history had an outcome on events and lives. There is a new tv series called “Timeless.” At least six people are jumping forwards and backwards in time and truly upsetting the outcome of events. Some of their decisions have caused people to have never been born and for others, death before their time. In both instances the future was changed and not always for the better.

      God has chosen us to be us to be right where we are at this exact moment for a specific reason. For most of us we just haven’t figured it out yet because we are wanting to jump. Solomon made it very clear in chapter 3 of Ecclesiastes that everything has its season. A time to plant and a time to pluck what is planted. That includes all of us. It is very hard to work on someone else’s time table, but we have done it most of our lives by working for an employer. We can’t make our own hours and expect to keep our jobs, therefore we shouldn’t think that we can do our own thing when it comes to God and then enter into the heavenly kingdom. Doing our own thing will get us fired from our secular jobs and it will most assuredly keep us out of heaven.

     Remember the parable of the Sower (Matt. 13:3-9)? Have you ever wondered why the seed that was planted in you caused you to stay faithful to the church? It is because of God’s divine planting. He saw you as fertile soil that could make a difference in His creation. The question is, have you been living up to His expectations? Your seed could have easily landed by the wayside and been devoured by birds or on the rocky soil where there was little soil and you would have been scorched by the sun or in the thorn bushes where you would have been choked to death, but it didn’t. Since your seed fell on good soil, you are expected to yield some fruit. How much fruit have you brought forth since your plantation – 30, 60, 100 fold? Just remember, God does not make mistakes! He does not make us to anything! If we want to be pleasing in His sight as He is pleasing in our sight, then we need to be busy in the vineyard planting.