I am always blessed by Pastor Prince but this morning his thoughts were just the perfect reminder that I was needing.  I may know in my head that God works ALL things together for our good but it may not necessarily feel that way in my heart.

 These words strengthened me to obey God even when I may not like it at the time!  He IS shaping me to be the woman that He wants me to be in the future, just like He shaped Ruth.  I was especially blessed by this thought and I pray that you all will be too.

He will place you at the right place at the right time, where you will meet the right people, do the right things and even escape danger!

Dear God, thank you for keeping me safe all my life!  Thank you for carrying me through all of the wretched storms that I needed to pass through to become the woman that I am today.  PLEASE keep me safe through the current storms as well and I thank you in advance for the wonderful plan that you have for my future!!!  Please place me at the right time; at the right place to meet the right people so that I can do the right things that you want me to do and PLEASE continue keeping me safe forever and ever. AMEN!

Happy Sabbath to all,

Dawn

Right Place, Right Time

Ecclesiastes 9:11 11… the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

God’s Word tells us that being faster, stronger and wiser does not automatically make you a winner in life. No, it is actually being at the right place at the right time that causes you to receive blessings. And God, who holds time and chance in His hands, is the only one who can put you at the right place at the right time. He did this for Ruth. She trusted God for favor when she went looking for a field in which to glean. (Ruth 2:2) Then, the Bible tells us that “she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech”. (Ruth 2:3) Of all the fields in Bethlehem, she happened to end up in Boaz’s field, and he was a close relative of Elimelech, her father-in-law. This meant that Boaz was her potential kinsman redeemer, someone who could redeem her from her plight as a young, childless widow in a foreign land. Boaz also happened to be “a man of great wealth” (Ruth 2:1), and as it turned out, he was willing to redeem Ruth. (Ruth 4:9–10) All these right happenings could only mean that God had placed Ruth in the right place at the right time. I believe that the very day Ruth told her mother-in-law that the God of Israel would be her God (Ruth 1:16), God took note of it and made everything happen right for her. Today, God also wants you to know that because you have said, “God, You are My God,” He will be your God of divine happenings. He will place you at the right place at the right time, where you will meet the right people, do the right things and even escape danger! You may not know where all the great opportunities are, but God does. He was the one who put in you the skills, talents and gifts that you have, and He knows where you need to be, when you should be there and what you need to be doing to be truly fulfilled!