Where are you Supposed to Be?
Where are you supposed to be?
A question that I heard frequently in High School as I tried desperately to be out of my classroom and roaming the halls as much as possible. I used to do everything in my power to get excused from class so that I didn't have to sit there and listen to the teacher explain concepts that didn't seem to matter to me.
Often on these excursions out of the classroom I would end up in hot water, in trouble with my teachers or other faculty in the school. I was terrible at going where I was supposed to when I had other things I would rather be doing.
We know of a few characters in the Bible that was the same way.
Most of us know the story of Jonah and how he was tasked to go to Ninevah and instead he ran the other direction. To correct him of this behavior, God sent a great fish to swallow him up. He got a few days to rethink his position and realize that where God wanted him to be was the best place for him to go!
Another character in the Bible struggled with this same problem. He got distracted from his purpose and the duty that he was anointed to fulfill! It led him down the most tragic path of his life all because he wasn't where he was supposed to be! And this man is one that is described in Scripture as "A man after God's own heart".
The story of King David got a little derailed in this passage:
2 Samuel
"In the spring of the year when kings normally go out to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army to fight the Ammonites. They destroyed the Ammonite army and laid siege to the city of Rabbah. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem"
This Scripture is important because David was the King that was anointed by God to fill all the duties of that position, yet when the time came for Israel to go to war David stayed behind in Jerusalem.
This is important because of what happens next:
Samuel 11:2-4
It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking onthe roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” So David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her.
Because David was not where he was supposed to be, on the battlefield, he ended up on the rooftop where he was tempted and committed the sin that would change the course of his life! Because he slept with Bethsheba, who was a married woman, she became pregnant and this led him not only to commit adultery but also murder when he had Uriah killed!
David repented for this action and God forgave him but he still bore the consequences of his action and his child with Bethsheba died! How sad this was!
If David had been on that battlefield where God wanted him to be, then he never would have walked on that rooftop and committed the sin that led to his suffering!
Have you ever been in a situation like this? Maybe not one as serious as this, but you were told by God to be somewhere and you got scared. Or you didn't want to go. And things started to spiral out of control?
I know that I have been in this situation! But the good news is this:
It is never too late to get back on God's path for you!
It is never too late to be where you are supposed to be!
So if you've found yourself in a situation where you have gotten off the path that God has you on and it continues to go downhill: TURN AROUND! Get back on track with God and be where He wants you to be!
When we stay where God has ordained for us to be then we are not easily distracted by the things of this world!
So.. Where are you supposed to be? Talk to God and find out where He wants you and you will not be easily shaken by the things of this world!
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Thank you, Ethan Corbett
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