Every God-given vision carries a divine commission and there is a physical location a base from which its affairs are run where that commission can be carried out.

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 each of us. God’s miracle, supplies and encounters will only meet us when we are in His chosen location. Every commission has a base and until we locate our base, we will continue to struggle. Always get your location from God or you will continue to wallow in sweat and poverty.

Remember Jonah; God sent him to Nineveh but he decided to go to Tarshish. As his punishment, he found himself in the belly of a fish. He languished there for three days and three nights. When he came to his senses, he was vomited on the shore.

“And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited Jonah upon the dry land.” Jonah 2:10

Know that God’s thoughts towards us are always good. Where He sends us to must be considered as the best place for us. He must have seen a need there for which He has equipped us to meet.

I had every reason on this earth to refuse to go to Kaduna when God gave the word. I knew it to be an Islamic stronghold and the “mafia” headquarters, but 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 affirmative, with all sincerity, then you can go ahead.

God is concerned about location. That is why when we analyse our vision, we must take note of the subject of location. This is one of the things we must be very precise about in the details of our vision. Let’s get the precise location for our vision from God. Covenant walk always has a divinely appointed place.

The rate of success in any location is determined by being in God’s exact and precise location. When God sends us to any location, He goes before us to straighten out all the crooked places.

“I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron.” Isaiah 45:2

He makes His supplies and provisions ready for us. He prepares the people to receive us. As a result, we achieve outstanding success in a location where others have failed and are withdrawing.

Where God says “Go” is where your prominence is. If God says move to Katsina, and you remain in Lagos, you will die of hunger and thirst. Lagos may be a land flowing with milk and honey, but they will not flow in your direction. 

The place may be filled with your relatives and friends, but God will not lead any one of them to help you. When God strikes a covenant, it has a particular location where it will work, as in the case of Abraham. God said to him:

Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee (Genesis 12:1 ).

Tracing the life of our covenant fathers, we will notice that anytime they left God’s location, they fell victim of negative circumstances. When we go to a location appointed by God, our success is guaranteed and our protection is sealed; because that is where the angels of God will attend to us.

When I moved to Kaduna, discouragement et in from people, but I was not moved. I lew it was God’s city for me. So, when on asked what I thought of doing in such a place, I replied: “To take the city.” In response, some people said: “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 to make all the noise I could. I was ready for anything.

On a particular day, 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 eye 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 fell down from his mouth. He was shaking so much; he could hardly pick it up and find the door. He got to the road and came back begging…

This text is an extract from the book “UNDERSTANDING VISION” written by David O. Oyedepo. 
We invite you to read the following article “SECURING A VISION“.

THE APPOINTED PLACE. THE APPOINTED PLACE.