“But God’s truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his…”
Have you been told lately that things will operate better if you allow your location to be known? If you haven’t then you haven’t installed an application (app) lately. Nearly every app or service has figured out some way to apply your current location to make the product do something that it wouldn’t do otherwise. Sometimes it is just smoke and mirrors and who cares that I am in Chicago vs. San Francisco, but other times, as know, that geo-fencing and location based servicing can open up a world of offerings. It makes sense doesn’t it, if I know where you are, I can recommend everything I know in that location to you and you will then feel abundant in choice. Geo-fencing also allows knowledge and pattern of movement to make sense of data for new information. The grocery industry has long had the “golden path” that they drive us through the store with impulse items, sales, incentives, displays, etc. But, not until now could they really know absolutely which path I took. Can anyone say, “MapMyShopping”? If you aren’t geo-fencing your customers now, you will be soon. Knowing where they come from (literally and figuratively)before you and where they go after you and how they get there is a treasure trove of information that could lead you to unlock your next big growth spurt.
In the beginning God “geo-fenced” Adam and Eve with all that they could want or desire and He only held out one item from which they were forbidden. He’d surrounded them with everything else known to man and He filled that place with all of His creations for them to enjoy. It was like being immersed in the greatest world that we could ever imagine. But then, because of their disobedience, He turned us all out and drew new boundaries and a new life map for us. Today, we live under those boundaries. God knows our whereabouts at all times and I believe that he locates us and others in places where we can do the best for the furthering of His Kingdom. It is when we decide to take our own paths or turn off our locating of Him that we remove the features of His presence that He wants to give us. How about today we decide to turn on and keep on our location for God? If we stay present with Him, He will be present with us and He will remove those boundaries that are in the way of fulfilling what He wants for us.
Reference: 2 Timothy 2:19 (New Living Translation)