Recently I have been working on a spiritual reality that has tremendous potential toward the eradication of stress, emotional fatigue and self-inflicted abuse. What have I been working on you ask? Simply put, it is a process of perfecting the place that God has planted you before you seek other opportunities. For many, ambition and upward mobility has caused persons to put the cart before the horse and get in front of God's will and plan for their lives. I too have found myself at times doing this and when I do, I immediately stress out unnecessarily. I have come to believe and realize that we must become experts where we are planted so that where we are, we outgrow in due season. When we outgrow where we are says that we become experts at where we are. Said differently, we become so proficient at where we are that there will be a great demand for us to move to another level of accomplishment.
Another way of saying grow where you are planted is to say,"Chop Wood in Your Corner of the Field." When you chop wood where you are, someone will notice your faithfulness based on the amount of wood you chop. So often we want upward mobility without demonstrating our ability where we are. Since God does not make mistakes, we must ask ourselves, "What lesson must I learn from this experience; what is it that God needs me to perfect?
When we are content with our current lot in life and we learn to master living at that level, God will provide our increase. In many ways, this is a stewardship lesson that very few in life ever learn until it is too late. Therefore, I urge each of you to learn to be content where God has posited you and in due season, you will reap a good harvest if you faint not.
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