Divine Placement 2

Thursday 21 January
READ: Psa. 16:1-11
MORE LESSON: Gen 13: 8 - 18

We started yesterday to point out that divine placement is the key to fulfilling God's purpose and destiny for our life. There are several factors that make a man to always find himself in the pleasant places of destiny. Taking counsel from the Lord, meditation, thinking constructively, staying with the Word of God and hearing from the Lord for every step are very vital to a crisis-free destiny.

One great factor of right placement in life is shown in Ps 16: 4, their sorrow shall be multiplied that hasten after another god! One powerful secret of ease and safety in life and destiny is following ONLY the Lord. A good way to have multiplied and exponential sorrow in life is to keep pursuing things and not the Lord who is the Giver of all things. When a man decides for ONLY the Lord and has no other god, he is sure to be rightly placed. Right placement comes easily and naturally to the man whose heart is sincerely looking for the posting that puts him close to God. When you are looking for the location and position where you will be able to serve God, spend time with Him, please Him and do His will, you will always find yourself in the right place in life. The centre of God's purpose and assignment is always the right place in life. According to Psa. 16: 11, Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right 
hand there are pleasures for evermore.

A man seeking God's presence as his priority in life cannot wander into the path of destruction. It is the man that is looking for a place where he can gratify his own selfish desires that will miss divine placement in life. Sorrow awaits the people who do not seek the Lord but hasten after another god – which could be money, fame or worldly pursuits. This is what happened to Lot who chose the plain of Jordan which looked good to him but he didn't know that it was already marked for destruction. That was unlike Abraham, who was seeking the place where he could have God's covenant over his life fulfilled, so he stayed in Canaan and inherited all the land.

When a man is given a pleasant placement in life, such a man has gladness, glory, joy and rest without any hellish situation as it is written in verse 9, Therefore my heart rejoiceth; my flesh also shall rest in hope. When you enjoy divine placement, you will have fullness of joy and pleasures evermore (Psa. 16: 11). You will not miss God in destiny, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Dethrone everything that has become idol in your heart, which may mislead you in destiny. 
* Pray that God will take over your heart and be your singular pursuit in life.
* Pray that as you follow after God with all your heart, He will lead you to pleasant places in destiny.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
No force or power in 2016 that is against my moving forward shall survive beyond today, in the mighty name of Jesus