1. A Place Called There Ensuring You Are in the Right Place For Your Destiny

2. 1 Kings 17.1-4 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.”

3. 1 Kings 17.1-4 2 Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 3 “Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. 4 And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

4. A Place Called There Your destiny is geographical –It is to a particular place Your destiny is sociological –It is to a particular group of people Your destiny is teleological –You have a specific function

6. Places Are Vital God made places before He made people –Where you are matters as much as what you are Church, House, School, Job, Community –You will thrive in one place and die in another

7. Every Place Has a Climate Your weaknesses or your strengths will grow depending on your climate Deut. 2.3: Been at this mountain too long, turn northward John 4.4: MUST go through Samaria –Woman there who will reach whole city!

8. Every Place Has a Climate Jonah sent to Nineveh –Every child knows that you should go where God sends you Abraham had to leave Ur –New land was his destiny, not the old one!

9. Every Place Has a Climate Ruth left Moab and went to Bethlehem –Boaz was where Ruth should be Esther’s blessing was in the palace The power of the Holy Spirit was released in the Upper Room

10. Places Matter You cannot work on the wrong job, go to the wrong church, doing the wrong thing for most of the week and expect success! EVERY SUCCESS STORY INVOLVES GEOGRAPHY!

11. Put God First! Don’t make a plan then ask God to bless your plan! Ask the Lord where you should be at church, where you should be working, where you should be living, who you should build friendships with.

12. Put God First! Let God know that you will go anywhere and be anywhere! Where you are determines what grows within you –Faith or fear, weeds or flowers, strengths or weaknesses

13. Where You Are Determines Who Notices You You cannot receive the favour of God to fulfil Your Destiny without being noticed. –Joseph was not promoted until Pharaoh saw him –Ruth was not promoted until Boaz saw her –The blind man did not receive instructions for healing until Jesus saw him –Moses was not rescued until Pharaoh’s daughter saw him.

14. Where You Are Determines Who Notices You This is why geography matters! –One day of favour is worth 1000 days of effort

15. Celebration Go where you are celebrated, not where you are tolerated! Seek to be in the right place: –Every day, week, month, year Your destiny is ALWAYS linked to geography

16. SOMEONE NEEDS YOU!

17. Your Destiny is Someone Else’s Reward Moses’ destiny was freedom for the Israelites David’s destiny was peace for the Israelites Ruth’s destiny was care for Naomi Esther’s destiny was salvation for a nation Joseph’s destiny was safety from famine for the Egyptians

18. Your Destiny is Someone Else’s Reward Your patience is a reward for someone that no-one else would tolerate Your words are a reward for someone who needs inspiration and encouragement God has designed you perfectly. No one else can be you. No one else can do what you do.

19. Your Destiny is Someone Else’s Reward Someone needs exactly what you have been given by God. Somebody is hungry for your presence and your gifts. Someone is dying emotionally, spiritually, mentally without you being in the right place Your destiny is someone else’s reward

20. Whose Reward Are You? Some people do not need you You are not their answer You are not their solution Don’t EVER get offended by this! You are NOT needed everywhere! –You are needed at a specific place, a specific time, and by specific people.

21. 3 KEYS 1.You ARE God’s solution to SOMEBODY 2.It is THEIR job to work out you are the solution –Many blind but only one cried out “JESUS” –Pharisees missed Jesus, Zaccheus didn’t 3.Your Fulfilment and Provision are found in Your Destiny

23. Special YOU! You were designed to fit into a certain place. –Glasses fit on your face and help your eyes –Shoes fit on your feet and help your feet –Cars fit in your garage and help your transport –Mobile phones fit in your pocket and help your communication

24. In Place In the right place you are a solution, in the wrong place you are a problem! Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations (Jer. 1.4-5)

25. God Has No Favourites! You have a special time, special season, special place, a special community and a special task. You Have a Destiny! –Ensuring You are in the right place, with the right people, doing the right task will ensure you find that destiny.