1 Timothy 1:3
As I urged you when I was on my way to Macedonia, stay on where you are at Ephesus in order that you may warn and admonish and charge certain individuals not to teach any different doctrine.
Timothy was to stay behind and to warn others not to preach any other gospel: about grace and law..
Perhaps we are where we are for a reason, no one is where they re by mistake , be it a family, a nation , there is always a purpose therein.
Joseph wasn’t in Egypt by mistake, though he might have been separated from his family, frustrated by the fact that his own gave him away even to the point of death, still He found purpose where he was.
Genesis 45:4-8
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.”
In the same manner, Esther found purpose when she got her royal position to save her own people who stood to be wiped out.
Esther 4:14
“For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
Our opening text shows Timothy was urged to stay at Ephesus, I can only imagine him being Paul’s son wanted to move and go with Him, but he had to stay. Unlike Abraham who had to move , Timothy is to stay, Abraham’s time to stay had elapsed and it was time to move ( Genesis 12).
Perhaps you are where you are for a purpose, perhaps you were born in that family as the beacon of light.
We should be keen to listen and heed to God’s guidance as relates to where we are, Esther and Timothy obeyed.
Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company:
Lot followed Abraham a Man in Gods purpose and prospered until He was too wealthy. For strife amongst their workers, for the first time Lot is asked to make a decision and He chose Sodom and Gomorrah for its seeming fruitfulness. Lot parted from purpose and the end result is He lost everything including His wife and ended up starting a corrupted bloodline.
Find Your purpose and You’ll Thrive, sometimes submitting your mission to a greater purpose establishes You.
Prophetic Utterance:
I am positioned for God’s purpose, obediently I arise in that purpose, thank You Father Lord , for your purpose prevails in me. Great grace is committed unto me in Christ Jesus.
Guiding Text:
Proverbs 19:21
²¹Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.