STAND

Today's reading: 2 Chronicles 33-36

"Then stand in your appointed holy places and help the families assigned to you as they bring their offerings to the Temple." 2 Chronicles 35:5 NLT

Maybe, like today, the servants in the Temple eyed other tasks or jobs with envy.

If they were called to be greeters, they secretly desired to be a choir member.

If they were called to teach, they wanted the glory and honor that was given to the one who offered the morning sacrifice.

If they were asked to serve in the church nursery, they quietly wished they were the piano player.

Maybe that's why God's instructions were 'to stand in your appointed holy places and help'.

I think we all need the reminder that IF God places us in a certain place, circumstance or situation--it makes that appointment holy.

He knows what we will need from the interaction.

He knows what the other person needs from the interaction.

He knows the glory He will receive from our job well done.

So I encourage you, as I am doing to myself, stand where you have been asked to stand--it is holy ground!