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My little niece likes to play with my daughter's babies in the highchair when I keep her. She pretends to be "little moma," and feeds the babies and brushes their hair in the chair! I thought about this when I read Psalm 81:10 last week -" I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt; OPEN THY MOUTH WIDE, and I will fill it." Just as we would place our children in a high chair in order to feed them as babies, so the Lord puts us in our "spiritual" high chair to feed us as His children!

In order for our child to eat, we place them in the chair. It is a certain PLACE OR POSITION that they have to be in. If they are not, they more than likely won't eat or will be too busy playing and interested in other things to stop and eat like they should! Just as this is physically, so it is spiritually. Sometimes the Lord has to put us in His certain PLACE OR POSITION to get our attention. He puts us where HE WANTS US in order to make us listen. He is trying to give strength to "the health of our countenance" Psalm 42:11. He wants to feed us with the manna of His Word and speak to us through it! "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters." Psalm 23:2.

 This brings about His PURPOSE! How busy have we become in our daily routine that we do not even take the time to read our Bible or tell someone else about the Lord? Do you feel frustrated that God is not moving in your life? Do you feel like you are stuck in one place and nothing is happening? Maybe the Lord has you in His Spiritual "high chair" trying to get your attention and feed you with what He wants for you now!" For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end." Jeremiah 29:11 He may keep us in that place until we give heed to what He is trying to feed us with and help us!

Along with His PURPOSE, comes His PORTION! Just as most of the time it's just the Moma or Daddy alone with the baby feeding it, Jesus wants us to have one on one time with Him! He wants spiritual feeding time with us! His PORTION! " I am that bread of life." John 6:48  "Give us this day our daily bread." Matthew 6:11. The Lord wants to feed us DAILY, just as a parent feeds his child daily, USUALLY MORE THAN ONCE! "The LORD is the PORTION of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot." Psalm 16:5. The more spiritual bread we eat, the more our desire will become to have more of it!

Just as a baby will keep its eyes on the next spoonful coming to its mouth in anticipation, we should be looking for the next good thing from the Lord! Feasting on His WORD will change our PERCEPTION of our wants and desires! I remember when my son was a baby and I would feed him, and if I turned around to say something to someone, he would be leaning forward trying to reach the food before I could get it there! He had his mouth WIDE OPEN, following the spoon, like he was trying to catch the little "airplane" that was coming in for landing! He was ready and hungry for that next bite! This is how the Lord wants us to be! You can't feed a child that won't open its mouth. They have to WILLINGLY OPEN IT! "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: FOR THEY SHALL BE FILLED." Matthew 5:6."

 After the child has finished his meal and is FILLED with all of the portion that the PARENT wants it to be fed, they can move on out of the high chair! Once we have learned what the Lord would have for us, and have been strengthened by His Manna, He will PROMOTE US! "Thou wilt shew me the path of life: IN THY PRESENCE IS FULNESS OF JOY; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore." Psalm 16:11. When we are FULL OF HIS JOY and PRESENCE, the Lord IS our STRENGTH! "..for the Joy of the LORD is your STRENGTH." Nehemiah 8:10. "Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst." Nehemiah 9:20. Just as the LORD "strengthened their hands for this good work" ( Nehemiah 2:18), so will He strengthen us for what He has called us to do!

Are you hungry? Are you sitting still where the Lord can feed you? Get in Position for His Purpose. Feast on His Portion to increase your Perception of His Word and Will for your life. The Lord's Promotion will lead you to the work that He has for you!

"O taste and see that the Lord is good : blessed is the man that trusteth in HIM." Psalm 34:8
 
"Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?" Psalm 78:19-GOD CAN!
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