This little portion of scripture speaks volumes to my heart. It sets my mind at rest. It assures me of a bright future. Jesus said this to his disciples before he died and rose again, but He is speaking the same thing to us. At times we go through life doubting, frustrated and wondering if there is any good in store for us. Jesus said He is preparing a place for us. You might think of that place as heaven, where you will get to only in the afterlife, buI believe it to mean something else altogether too. God is going to prepare a place for you that you will be so amazed and so overwhelmed when you step into that place. Don’t be bothered when it seems like everything has come to a stop and things are not moving as you want them to; God says “I’m preparing a place for you right now.”
King David understood and experienced this, so he said in Psalm 18:19 “He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.” The same is true for us. If you are not there now, God has designed a place with you in mind. It is a place of peace, love, joy, hope and prosperity. The Spirit of God is saying to us now, “While you are troubled and anxious about what today is bringing, I have stepped into your future and have prepared it exclusively for you.” All it takes is the patience to hold on even though it seems like time has stopped running. You will walk into the future God has prepared for you! His plans towards us are of good and not of evil. He is preparing a place for you. You might be tempted to live shortsighted and not by faith. Thoughts might barge into your mind deceiving you that everyone but yourself is flying high in life. You might be asking yourself “Why is everything turning bad, what caused the ground to give way under my feet?” These are times when you will have to hold on. Be patient; be faithful; keep moving forward. Let perseverance motivate your actions. Refuse to see what is happening now. Choose to see what God is doing; He is preparing a place for you.
In Habakkuk 1:5b God says “For I am doing something in your own day, something you wouldn’t believe even if someone told you about it.” That’s exactly what God will do in your life if you’re faithful and believe. Notice that God didn’t bring David to just any place. He didn’t bring him to a corner neither did He bring him to a crowded or desolated place. HE BROUGHT HIM OUT TO A LARGE PLACE. It was a spacious place, a place of abundance. God is preparing such a place for you. A place big enough to hold all the blessings he is pouring into your life. Prepare to walk into a large place. The reason God speaks His Word then does the work is so we will believe his Word and see his works. Continue to believe him, to trust him, to hold on to his every word. He is preparing a place for you. God will reward you according to how faithful you are to Him. David put it this way: The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness (my conscious integrity and sincerity with Him)(Psalm 18:20). At times it seems like you’re moving at rush hour speed, everything is at a grinding halt. Don’t lose heart and be discouraged; don’t throw in the towel yet. Continue to be faithful to God. Walk in integrity to Him. Know that as you’re doing all this He’s busy preparing the place for you. That is the place of your destiny you were born to be. You will accomplish the very things God purposed for you, go the places He has intended you to and meet the people He wants you to. He’s working all that out now. It’s like God is working behind the scenes. You are the audience and don’t know what is going on, but everything will be shown on the stage of your life soon.
Choose to believe God. Choose to hang on. You will see his power raise you to new heights and bring you to the place he has prepared for you.
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