Every vision given by God has a physical location for its fulfillment as well. It is true that God is the God of the whole earth, but there is a portion of the earth He has set aside for you. God’s miracles, supplies and encounters will only meet you when you are in His chosen location. Every commission has a base, and until you locate your base you will continue to struggle.

Always obtain your proper location from God, otherwise you will wallow in sweat and poverty. Remember Jonah? God sent him to Nineveh, but he decided to go to Tarshish instead. For punishment, he found himself in the belly of a fish, where he languished for three days and three nights. He was vomited on the shore when he came to his senses (Jonah 2:1-10).

Know that God’s thoughts for you are always good. As such, wherever He sends you must be considered the best place for you. He must have seen a need there and has equipped you to meet the need.

I had every reason on earth to refuse to go to Kaduna when God gave the word. I knew it to be an islamic stronghold and the mafia headquarters. Despite all these, I was not moved. Only one point was constant in my mind: God has sent me there, so no devil can be against me. In the final analysis, this is the only thing that matters in the choice of a location. Has God sent you there? If you can answer this question in the affirmation with all sincerity, then you can go ahead.

God is concerned about location. That is why you must also take note of the subject of location when you analyse your vision. This is one of the things you must be very precise about in the pursuit of your vision. Get the precise location for your vision from God, because the rate of success at any location is determined by the degree of location precision. 

When God sends you to any location, He goes before you to straighten out all the crooked places (Isa. 45:2). He makes His supplies and provision available to you at the location He has sent you, and He prepares the people to receive you there. If it is where you have been sent, you will come out with resounding successes where others have failed and are withdrawing.

Where God says “Go” is where your prominence will rise from. If God says move to Katsina but you remain in Lagos, you will die of hunger and thirst in Lagos. Even though Lagos may be a land flowing with milk and honey, the good things there will not flow in your direction. The place may be filled with your relatives and friends, but God will not lead any of them to help you.

When God cuts a covenant with you, it also has a particular location where it will work. So get up, leave your people and go on to the land “I will show you” (Gen. 12:1). Studying the life of the covenant fathers, you will notice that whenever they left God’s location, they fell victim of one thing or the other. When you go to a location appointed by God, your success is guaranteed and your protection is sealed, because that is where the angels of God will ascend and descend, attending to you.

When I moved to Kaduna, people tried to discourage me, but I was not moved by any of them. I knew it was God’s city for me. So when asked what I thought of doing in such a place, I would reply: “To take the city.” They would then go on to say: “Look, Brother David, this city is impossible to take. If you make too much noise, you face being driven out by the Islamic vandals.” This motivated me the more to make all the noise I could. I was ready for anything.

A day came and some men were shown into my office. One of them said, “We have an order for you to move your church from here within seven days. It is a residential area.” I stood up from my seat, looked at the man straight in the eyes, and said with authority, “Are your mosques in the bush? All of you involved in this plot will be dead in seven days.” The cigarette in his mouth fell immediately; he was shaking so much, he could hardly pick it up and find the door. He got to the road and came back begging, “Please sir, I was sent; I am only a messenger.” That was the end of that matter!

God fights for you at your location. He sets His angels there to fight on your behalf, and every pronouncement you make there comes to pass. Apostle Paul was commissioned to go preach the gospel to the Gentiles, and his location was whichever city of the Gentiles the Holy Spirit directs him to per time. Your location could be a place, a person or a mission.

Your location is very important, so get it from God and be satisfied in life; as satisfaction only results when you are in your correct location. Before you move, understand where you are headed for. Don’t let pride decide your location. If you do, you will end up in the pit. Let your location be by God’s direction alone, and your satisfaction, upliftment and future will be guaranteed….

This text is an extract from the book “IN PURSUIT OF VISION” written by David O. Oyedepo. 
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