Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. God has been nourishing the fields of Virginia with rain lately, and although the rain thwarts our plans sometimes, I’m grateful that the fields are green and the pond is full. All it takes is plenty of rain followed by the warmth of the sun to make everything look and smell new. Look at God! This morning I read from Psalms, “He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me,” and I wept when I read those Words because they reminded me of my Life. I am surrounded by beautiful space at this old farm, but my “spacious place” goes well beyond geography – my “spacious place” is the entire world because there are no boundaries when it comes to Him! He must “delight” in me somehow because He has “rescued me” in miraculous ways countless times, and He has set a boundary line of Protection around my Life. “The boundary lines have fallen upon me in pleasant places”, that’s for sure. What a beautiful Reminder straight from the Throne of a Mighty God…the world is my territory and He delights in me!

It can be so easy for people to refuse to step into that “spacious place” in every area of life – either because they like things just the way they are or they’re too fearful to venture outside of their comfort zone – either way, they miss out on the fullness of Life when they do. God doesn’t confine us to a small territory or a routine life…we do that to ourselves. God doesn’t have Limitations or Boundaries on where we can go or what we can accomplish…we place them there instead. God doesn’t restrict the number of lives we have the potential to Impact…we draw a line in the sand and refuse to go there instead. There is a “spacious place” ready and waiting for everybody, but He won’t force us into it, BUT He’ll lead us there if we allow Him to. I wonder what it looks like from where God sits to see His people sitting still and drawing limitations around their lives because they refuse to let Him take them to a “spacious place?”

A whole lot of people proclaim to have put their Trust in Jesus Christ, but I’m not totally convinced that’s true when you see them sitting still. It takes Trust to step out into that “spacious place,” and it takes Trust to be willing to do whatever we can do so that He may be “delighted” in us. It takes Trust to believe in those “invisible” boundary lines of Protection, and it takes Trust to keep moving when we aren’t sure where we’ll end up. It takes Trust to reach for the stars and to Believe that we have Purpose, and it takes Trust to do His Will even if it doesn’t make sense to the human mind. When you think about it, it takes Trust to do anything and everything in His name! Is it possible to Trust Him and NOT Trust His Will for us? Believing in that two-sided “truth” will find many people in eternal torment one day because a life Surrendered to Jesus Christ is a Life based on Absolute Trust.

God used a few simple Words from the Best-Selling book of all Time this morning to Encourage me, and I’ll be repeating those Words all day long. I reside in a “spacious place” that brings joy to me and so many others, but my “real” spacious place is Service that I do in His Name, and THAT space has no boundaries. I won’t know on this side of Heaven what impact I’ve had in my “spacious place,” but I take Joy when I think that King of all kings delights in me and I’m filled with Peace because I know He’ll always rescue me.

How about you?

Psalm 18:19-21

19 He brought me out into a spacious place;

he rescued me because he delighted in me.

20 The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;

according to the cleanness of my hands, he has rewarded me.

21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;

I am not guilty of turning from my God.