A niche usually refers to one place or position
With God, we can have several places that we use our abilities
or talents or gifts, places where we know we belong
and in Whom we have confidence
Jesus was comfortable no matter where He went and He was consistent
And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes,
and the birds of the air have nests;
but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Matthew 8:20
Nevertheless, Jesus still had his niche
I have two characteristics that I’ll share about
They go hand in hand
They also are usually difficult for other people
I have tried to curtail them at times, but they are just built into my system
I’ve come to accept them and take the responsibility they hold
To consider them a plural niche, is a different way to think about a niche
As we give ourselves more of Him, we end up becoming more like Him,
trusting less in this world and more in Him
and who He has created us to be, our niche,
our place, our position, with the Father
One is I’m a watchman
I can see the sword coming and I warn the people:
Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them,
When I bring the sword upon a land,
if the people of the land take a man of their coasts,
and set him for their watchman:
If when he seeth the sword come upon the land,
he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning;
if the sword come, and take him away,
his blood shall be upon his own head.
He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning;
his blood shall be upon him.
But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet,
and the people be not warned; if the sword come,
and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity;
but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand. Ezekiel 33:1-6
Many people don’t want to be warned and many do not listen
I can’t worry myself with their response,
I just have to warn as I see danger approaching
The other niche is that I am a plumb line
I see the crooked and work to correct it
I like things just and fair and balanced
Those are two things that have been part of my design
since I decided to follow the Lord and somewhat even before
I hate injustice
I love equity and fairness and balance
A false balance is abomination to the Lord:
but a just weight is his delight. Proverbs 11:1
No matter what situation I am in, I find my niche
At work, at home, wherever I am because my niche is in Jesus
and what He has given me and how He has made me
and how He chooses to use my strengths
It’s simplistic following Him, yielding to who He has created us to be,
letting Him be our safe place and our suitable position,
the one we were created to have, to be, our niche, our calling, our function