Sometimes we fail to recognize the significance of what is happening around us. We also fail to recognize the power that lies in sacred or memorial ground. There is something unique and powerful about walking where important events took place. Just look at the way that soldiers who landed on Normandy Beach during WWII retrace their footsteps on that ground more than 60 years later. Even those who did not fight there walk it in awe. The reverence that is accorded to Ground Zero in New York where the twin towers once stood and the inspiration that is drawn from that spot have galvanized us as a nation like nothing since Pearl Harbor. Walk these grounds and you cannot help but remember what happened and draw inspiration, courage and pride from them.

Pas-dammim. Also known as Ephes-dammim, this plot of land lies due west of Bethlehem in Israel and was the site of the epic conflict between David and Goliath. But it was the site of another battle that was used to describe the character of a man named Eleazar:

Next in rank among the Three was Eleazar son of Dodai, a descendant of Ahoah. He was with David in the battle against the Philistines at Pas-dammim. The battle took place in a field full of barley, and the Israelite army fled. But Eleazar and David held their ground in the middle of the field and beat back the Philistines. So the Lord saved them by giving them a great victory.

The ground was famous and sacred. It was a memorial to the courage and bravery of young David who would become King David. Now, David and one of his mighty men named Eleazar stood their ground, back to back and routed the Philistine army. They drew courage and inspiration from the very ground where God had granted an impossible victory to a young teenager years earlier. They knew that He had showed up at this spot before; they trusted that he would do so again.

And He did.

We need to revisit the grounds where God has showed up. I remember a spot in a church in Tianguá, Brazil where a woman who’d suffered the effects of a stroke 15 years prior was restored to normal. A year later, in that exact same spot, I saw a small child see for the very first time. There is a spot in a local church where a person was set free of a horrible demon who’d controlled his life for decades; when I stand there, I am reminded of the power of the Living Lord in me. There is a location at our church, close to the stage, where a frozen shoulder was “thawed” by the power of Jesus; standing there, I’ve witnessed others with the very same malady freed from their ailment by the very same power that freed the first.

These are “power spots” where Jehovah-Jirah appeared; standing in them, I am reminded of what He has done and what He still desires to do. Like Eleazar, I anticipate great victory, not just once, but over and over. These spots are my touchstones that confirm my faith and spur it on to unimagined levels.

Are you creating, and revisiting, your power spots?