Watch Where You're Sitting

 

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When you’re enjoying a walk through the woods or traipsing through a park, no matter how tired you become, you always want to watch where you sit. Whether you’re resting on a rock, or plopping onto the ground, or sitting on a park bench, check to make sure you’re not sitting on or in something undesirable.

Once, while hiking through Palmer Park, I leaned against a rock, then slithered down to land on a ledge to rest. I made the colossal mistake of not watching where I sat. I quickly leapt from the rocky ledge as cactus needles pierced my backside. Lesson learned. I always look first, now.

Have you ever sat in a seat that was reserved for someone else, only to suffer the embarrassment of being asked to move? Have you ever had to settle for sitting in the back of the room at an event you were excitedly anticipating, and felt the rush of excitement when someone came to invite you to the front, where there just happened to be an open seat?

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Maybe you’ve felt the unpleasant squish as you’ve lowered yourself onto a park bench where a bird recently decided to unload everything he’d been carrying since lunchtime.

Did you ever notice the look of empowerment on a crew member’s face when they were invited to sit in the captain’s chair (on Star Trek)?

Or perhaps you’ve felt the weight of your body cause a chair to give way, collapsing suddenly, grabbing the attention of everyone else in the room.

There are many scenarios to assure us that where we sit really does matter.

From the pain or shame of sitting where we shouldn’t, to the surge of power as we sit where we should, once again we see that all things natural point to the spiritual.

Look at where you’re sitting as you read this blog post. Are you feeling tired, sad, delighted, ashamed, powerful, uncaring or uncared for?

Where are you sitting?

If Jesus is alive in your heart, it may pleasantly surprise you to learn that you are actually seated in heavenly places with Him, at the right hand of our Father.

That’s not merely a nice thought that comes from a verse in scripture. It’s the empowerment of knowing the Truth.

Scripture is divinely inspired by God. Inspired, if you don’t already know, means God-breathed. As God inspired the writers of the Bible to pen the words they share with us, He wrote through them the things He wants us to know, both about Him – and about ourselves.

While reading through the book of Ephesians today, I uncovered verses that stirred something inside of me. As believers, our spirit is one with God’s Spirit. My spirit felt tickled by my Father to read that He raised Jesus from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in heavenly places. I read further to confirm that God made us alive together with Christ and raised us up together and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 1:15-2:9, click to read.)

Why would God want us to know this? Ponder that for a few days.

What a power-filled place to be seated!

Even conjuring up a mental image from an old-time movie about an ancient king sitting on his throne and taking note of who sits on his left or his right, would usher in a reverent hush to those standing or kneeling at his feet.

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We come to the foot of the Cross to repent and submit ourselves to God. He then immediately moves us from sinner to saint, wraps us in His robe of righteousness as the blood of Jesus washes us clean, and He sits us down at His right hand, with our precious Savior, to rule and reign with Him. (Revelation 20:6, click to read.)

With all of the power and authority that God has given you, what will you attend to first?