My Place In This World

I was talking with a friend of mine the other day about the very first chapter of the Bible. This is the story of Creation, for those of you less familiar with how things go in the Bible. First, God created Light and Dark, Day and Night. Then, He created the Sky and Water. Next, He made dry Land and all of the plants and trees. For these first 3 days, God was busy setting the stage. He furnished the set, got it all fixed up just the way He liked it and THEN He brought in the players. For the Day and Night, on day 4 He made the Sun and the Moon and Stars. For the Sky and the Water, on day 5 He made the Birds and all of the Fish and creatures of the sea. And finally, on day 6 He made all of the Animals and Mankind. Such beautiful symmetry, such careful planning is evident in the pattern of Creation. First, he made the Habitations, then the Inhabitants. First, He built the house then He brought in the occupants. He never created anything that wasn’t well prepared for in advance. On day 7, He rested. He sat back and enjoyed the show.


Understand this, before you were ever born, God had a place prepared; a niche tailor-made just for you. When you begin to question your purpose and wonder if you even matter, remember this.

Psalm 139:16-17 “Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!”

He made you. In all of your complexity, sophistication, uniqueness, quirkiness, idiosyncrasies, flaws, and perfection, He planned it all out and executed the making of you FLAWLESSLY. Everything about you was on purpose. But before any of that, He took great care in making a place for you, a job for you, and a fulfilling purpose. Just like He made the garden first and then placed Adam in it, instructing him to take care of it, He also has a place and a job for you. And working and living in that place is the most fulfilling thing you will ever do.

Have you ever seen an eagle or a hawk soar in the sky? How amazing is that? Have you ever seen an otter swim? You know those dudes are just having a BLAST. They are just doing what they were created to do in the place that God created for them. The same will be said of you when you find your place, accept it, and begin to live and work in it. It will be just as fulfilling as that eagle soaring or that otter playing.

You have a place, you have a purpose, or else you wouldn’t be here.