Your Assigned Seat

All of the practices and disciplines learned in early school years prepared us for later years in life when we would be old enough to travel on planes and trains, purchase concert or movie tickets, and even attend fine dining or formal gatherings. We could have never known as children that learning to submit to a higher authority and allowing them to place us or arrange us as they saw fit would open the door for us to receive and enjoy things on a higher level in life. In hindsight, being given directions on where to sit really benefited us, not the person who owned the seat.

More than 40 years later in life, I clearly understand that seats are not to be taken but to be assigned by one in higher authority. The individual who owns the house, the room, the building, or the territory has all and final authority to dictate who sits where... in their realm and sphere of control. And when we take our place in that position, we become aligned with the will, dictate, and desires of the one who afforded us the seat. Assigned seats can indicate different positions or hierarchies in a room. At the same time, seats can be assigned to foster better relationships or to facilitate meaningful communication between different individuals or groups.

This is the value... this is the benefit... this is the privilege of being assigned a seat. Being assigned a seat means that you have been considered and chosen to occupy that place. It is a reminder that things have been very meticulously calculated for your advantage and that the seat is the best position for the owner of the seat to monitor and assist you when needed. Even more importantly, there is a level of authority that comes from occupying the seat assigned to you. It is your place to own. No one can illegally take it from you or deprive you of that spot. It is yours and yours alone. It is your Assigned Seat.