ASSIGNED SEAT

Yesterday I attended my niece’s mother in laws funeral. She had been diagnosed with a brain tumor several years ago, so she knew her life would be cut short.  During the years of the wicked tumor growing in her brain, she went to work  planning her funeral.  She planned every piece of it.  From the songs, to the scripture, she even had assigned seats for her immediate family and extended family.  Such a blessing that no one had to worry about the details. 

As I listened there were several parts that spoke to me.  When the preacher talked about the assigned seats my mind began to think deeper. 

When we are born we enter this world with a general admission seat.  This is in the open seating section, however over time God gives us all our assigned seats.  He knows from the beginning where our seats will be. During our course of life our seats may change.  We may move up a row, back a row or switch to the completely other side, however wherever the Lord wants us to sit he will get us there.  We may stray, but He never takes His eyes off of us.  He will never stop leading us back to our assigned seat. 

You can read all through the Bible and see where many  ventured out of their assigned seats and tried to sit in another.  When we venture out of our assigned seat He shakes His head as if to say, “You shouldn’t have done that.”   He knows what is good for us and what is bad.    At times we let others assign our seats and we draw away from the Lord, but that doesn’t stop Him.  He  will work diligently and intentional to get us back in and on His seating chart. 

Through the years of life our seats may change and look different, but in the end our seats look the same.  When we surrender our lives to the Lord our assigned seat will be reserved for us.  Our assigned seat will be located within the gates of heaven exactly where the Lord wants us to be.