by Tammy Phillips
May 20, 2024
“The God of old is your dwelling place.” (Deuteronomy 33:27)
“You also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. (Eph 2:22)
For at least the past ten days, the Lord has been talking to me about staying in place (He is our place) and being seated in high places. He recently physically demonstrated His word to me.
We came to Nashville for a work event. We were given the most beautiful corner room on the twentieth floor. We overlooked downtown Nashville, with a 180-degree panoramic view from the JW Marriott to Cumberland River, including Broadway, the Bridgestone arena, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Nashville Music Garden, and the iconic, AT&T building, better known, as the “Batman” building. We could even see the road that leads us home.
Talk about physically being seated in high places and a change of perspective that made me want to stay in place. Everything below was so small, and Insignificant. People were just tiny dots on the canvas of the city. Your name could have been Dolly P, Taraji P, or Tammy P, but from my view there was no difference! God sees us all the same and has the same message for us all…
Stay in Him.
For in him we live, and move, and have our being. (Act 17:28 KJV)
Stay rooted and built up in Him.
rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. (Col 2:7)
Stay in the light.
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (1Jo 1:5)
Stay in life.
In him was life; and the life was the light of men. (John 1:4)
Stay in love.
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. (Pro 3:3 NIV)
Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, (Eph 1:4)
Stay in joy
Rejoice always. (1Th 5:16 NKJV)
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I will say, rejoice! (Phl 4:4)
Stay in peace.
You will keep [him] in perfect peace, [Whose] mind [is] stayed [on You] because he trusts in You. (Isa 26:3)
The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace. (Exo 14:1, 14)
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body: and be thankful. (Col 3:15)
Stay in patience, the wait.
Be patient in tribulation. (Romans 12:12)
Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him. (Psa 37:7)
Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD! (Psalm 27:14 NKJV)
Stay in kindness.
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. (Eph 4:32)
Therefore, as [the] elect of God, holy and beloved, put-on tender mercies, kindness. (Col 3:12 NKJV)
Stay in goodness.
Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good. (Rom 12:21)
Stay in faith.
Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God.” (Mark 11:22 )
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. (Pro 3:3 NIV)
Stay in prayer.
Be constant in prayer. (Romans 12:12)
Pray without ceasing. (1 Thess. 5:17)
Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving. (Col 4:2)
When we move out of the place where we are supposed to be “seated” in Him, we become out of line. Like moving from a place in faith to doubt, things get messed up. We have a place to occupy in Him. We are grafted into Him. He is the same. Like Israel, we are His and…
There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, the clouds in his majesty. 27 The God of old is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you and commands, “Destroy!” 28 So Israel dwells securely; Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine; even his skies drip with dew. 29 How happy you are, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword you boast in. Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will tread on their backs. (Deuteronomy 33:26-29 CSB)
I enCOURAGE you to either get in place or stay in place in Him. The benefits are amazing. Just read the verse above. The benefits are meant for you, me, EVERYONE!
It’s a great place to be, “raised up together, and made to sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus … in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.” (Eph 2:6, 22 NKJV)
Viva Magenta: Live. Breathe. Be staying in place!
Complete in Him 