Scripture:

2 Chronicles 9:8

8 Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for the Lord your God! Because your God has loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”

It Belongs to Him

When you have God's favor, people will see it.   Something to note about today's portion is that the Queen of Sheba understood that God blessed Solomon and placed him in his position, and as a result, the people he served were blessed.    This is something to pay attention to, because it reminds us that God is always positioning us for His "Purpose," His purpose in us and "through" us.  Notice that she says "setting you on His throne."   Daniel says something similar in Daniel 4:17, "The Lord is sovereign over the kingdoms of men, and He gives them to whomever He pleases."     It is God who gives wisdom, it is God who raises us up, it is His throne, His "PURPOSE" in our lives that matters.   It is just as much what He is doing in us as it is what He will do through us.

So, today's God Shot is that God has what you need to succeed and the places He has placed you are for His "PURPOSE", IN YOU and THROUGH YOU. His plans are so much bigger than just giving you power; it is that you are blessed, you are transformed, you are a blessing.   The important bit is that we would love the purpose more than the position.

Lord, thank you that you are still positioning people like us with purpose, to work in us and through us to be a blessing and to be blessed, that your wisdom, your power, your understanding is unmatchable and it is available to those who ask, so I ask that you would give us wisdom and power to live in your purpose, to live for it, and through it the world around us would look different, the people we serve would be blessed, in Jesus' name, Amen!