Bloom where you are planted.

Bloom Where You are Planted

 

1 Peter 1:1 & 2 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

 

In this Scripture we have a new point of view set forth for our consideration. From one point of view we see a national disaster; for hundreds of thousands of citizens have been uprooted from their homes by an occupying army, and driven like cattle into the highways and byways; scattered to the winds, and now known only as exiles or strangers. That’s a rather bleak picture.

 

But from another point of view we see something altogether glorious. The word for scattered in the Greek New Testament actually means “to be sown as seed.” In other words, while they may be viewed by man as exiles from their country; they were seen by God as seeds planted in new fields of glory.

 

If we would learn to always see our shifting circumstances from God’s point of view, we would not be caught up in the shift and drift of a culture that stirs up strife and debate over things that inconvenience us. Rather, we would live as thankful people, praising God for His faithfulness in all things at all times, and we would grow and bloom where we are planted.

 

God knows who you are, where you are, and what His plans for you are.

 

If you will but humbly acknowledge that He is in control, a shift will occur in your heart and in your outlook, sunshine will break through the dark clouds, and your life will sprout with new purpose and great effectiveness.

 

You will bloom where you are planted, and may thus discover that God has in fact brought you to where you have always wanted to be!

 

“Lord Jesus, please help me to look through Your eyes at my circumstances and the place that I am. I declare that You are in control and that I want to bloom and bear fruit where I am. Amen.”