"That Place"

"Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him." (John 11:30 KJV)

  "We have an altar, wherefore they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come." (Hebrews 13:10-14 KJV)

 Not quite sure we still get it, because there are just so many avenues to be taken, it is really hard to make one that place where we get off. The best place to be, is that place where Jesus is waiting! Sounds kind of mysterious, but it is really not such a mystery to the Spirit, if we would just stop and listen. 

 There is a reason that John points out this place, not just because it is the place where Martha met him, but is also the place where He is about to do something extraordinary; the whole reason that He delayed coming, in the first place! 

 Believe it or not, but there is such a thing as being in the right place, at just the right time! The problem is, we usually are not looking for the opportunity to happen, mostly because of our stressful and busy lives. Not sure how your lives go, but from the time I wake up, to the time I go to bed, it's, go, go, go, until I get to lay down my head. And even then, it might be a few more hours before I really get to sleep. 

 Here is the thing about yesterday's verses from S.O.S. and these verses from Hebrews, both of them are speaking to the fact that we are meant to be pliable and flexible to what to Lord would have us to do. Like a servant, we are to be alert to the commands of the Master; like a child, we are to be obedient to what we must do! 

 Having so little time, or so we say, is really not a good excuse! We really have all the time in the world, if we are seeking the right place...

"Let this message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father." (Colossians 3:16-17 NLT)