DESTINY IS NOT A DESTINATION
Too often we think "when will i arrive at my destiny", well we're all interconnected and so the final completion of God's plan isn't going to be until Jesus comes again. So we can't just be lying around until that time comes, God said to wait expectantly, to be ready for it.
It is not to mark time until our "destiny" arrives, God wants us to live our lives.
Your Individual Destiny, is not a destination. A final place that you come to. It is the network of paths that God leads you on so that you become conformed to the image of christ.
Ever notice how with God it is often more about Process than Product. God doesn't just want your money or your time, he wants you.
So your destiny is really the route on which you are most likely to get to know him better, and make him known. it's not a destination, a place where you suddenly burst onto the scene, all lights blazing, shouting i've arrived, and suddenly impacting the world.
"For i know the plans i have for you" declares the Lord."plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and i will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you" declares the Lord . Jeremiah 29:11-14a
See the plans the Lord has for us are ultimately so that we will seek him. He wants to be found by us, he WILL BE found by his children.
And also "being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it to completion until the day of Jesus Christ." Philippians 1:6
Your Individual destiny is like this "good work" he will carry it to completion, but it is an ongoing process. You're not just done when you arrive. You individual destiny is that sanctification process that you go through to become more and more like jesus.
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. " Romans 8:28-29
What is the "good" being talked about here?
It is being conformed to the likeness of his son. The good isn't health or wealth, because that would go against so many things we see today. You can't say just because a person is poor that they don't love God. However we can all see how God uses poverty or illness to help draw us to him and to make us more like Jesus.
That is why your destiny is not a destination, but a process, or a tapestry or continual weaving, to create the beautiful final picture at the end of it all.
Too often we think "when will i arrive at my destiny", well we're all interconnected and so the final completion of God's plan isn't going to be until Jesus comes again. So we can't just be lying around until that time comes, God said to wait expectantly, to be ready for it.
It is not to mark time until our "destiny" arrives, God wants us to live our lives.
Your Individual Destiny, is not a destination. A final place that you come to. It is the network of paths that God leads you on so that you become conformed to the image of christ.
Ever notice how with God it is often more about Process than Product. God doesn't just want your money or your time, he wants you.
So your destiny is really the route on which you are most likely to get to know him better, and make him known. it's not a destination, a place where you suddenly burst onto the scene, all lights blazing, shouting i've arrived, and suddenly impacting the world.
"For i know the plans i have for you" declares the Lord."plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and i will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you" declares the Lord . Jeremiah 29:11-14a
See the plans the Lord has for us are ultimately so that we will seek him. He wants to be found by us, he WILL BE found by his children.
And also "being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it to completion until the day of Jesus Christ." Philippians 1:6
Your Individual destiny is like this "good work" he will carry it to completion, but it is an ongoing process. You're not just done when you arrive. You individual destiny is that sanctification process that you go through to become more and more like jesus.
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. " Romans 8:28-29
What is the "good" being talked about here?
It is being conformed to the likeness of his son. The good isn't health or wealth, because that would go against so many things we see today. You can't say just because a person is poor that they don't love God. However we can all see how God uses poverty or illness to help draw us to him and to make us more like Jesus.
That is why your destiny is not a destination, but a process, or a tapestry or continual weaving, to create the beautiful final picture at the end of it all.
posted by MQ | 8:03 AM
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