Why so much interest in the word destiny? Well, we can surmise that in the heart of every man and woman, there is need to understand why we are here….. Deep down, we are searching for our meaning in life, right?….. So…….
Do you know your destiny? Do you know why you were created at this time for this time? There is a mystery involving every man and woman created by God, but it is not hidden any longer. It is not a secret or some hidden mystical theory…..
This is quite simple to understand and get the faith to live it out… For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are in the earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created by through Him and by Him, ( Colossians 1:16).
So we can rest assured we were created by the Uncreated One. We are here for His purpose and by His love, we will complete His plan for us… That is awesome, there is no mistake or freak of an accident in any one’s birth.
You were in the mind of the Godhead and in His counsels before the foundation of the world as written: Just as He chose us in Him from the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, (Ephesians 1:4). Well, we have been chosen by God before the universe was created to be holy and without blame before Him.
Well, I do not know about you, but to me, that is quite a huge destiny that has been given to us as we abide in Christ….. Isn’t that an awesome destiny?
Now our destiny or purpose in God may be different than our mind set….. If our destiny is wrapped up in wanting to be a somebody with a name, or fame or fortune…… God’s purpose and ours might do a huge collide until the submission to His word is established in us: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you, ( Matthew 6:33).
God is so wise and so a great Father….. As we think we are seeking the Lord with all our heart…. He shows us the hidden self centered agendas we have….. So we then may let them die on the cross as the carnal man.
We, then, are not in enmity with the Lord as written in Romans 8:6-8: For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
What happens when we seek the Lord and His Kingdom and His rights, we loose our own in His love. Our agendas do not hold the importance that they once held in our hearts….. The Lord has taken over that desire of our hearts….. He has become our agenda. He becomes our One Thing that we search after….. So when the fame, name and fortune come or not, we do not change our main focus of seeking Him as our Needful Thing and our Only One Thing we go after and hold on.
We should be like the woman with the issue of blood, she knew if she touched the garment of Jesus, she would be healed….. She was made completely well by her faith in not letting go of Jesus. (Mark 5:25-34). The flow of life ebbing out her was stopped…..
That is destiny is it not? His destiny or purpose for us as we become born again “abiders” in Christ….. This is etched in the heart of the Father through out the Word, through out all of time….His own family…..
As Paul boldy tells us our destiny, precise and very clear for all to interpret and understand: And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified, these He also glorified, ( Romans 8:28-30).
WOW! What a destiny we have in Christ from the Godhead…. That is awesome and who needs to further inquiry of their destiny once we learn what God has called us to?????
There is no mystery to our call in Christ Jesus from our God…… But to be changed from glory to glory …. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we, all with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord, ( 2 Corinthians 3:17-18).
That is a mystery!!!! We are transformed just as we are born from above….. All the works of God are completed by faith and lived by faith according to the power of His word. The work of God has been made manifest ….
Why? And to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ; to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and power of the heavenly places, according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him, ( Ephesians 3:9-12).
So the mystery that was and is and is to come…… as Paul states: the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. To them God willed to make know what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which Christ in you, the hope of glory. Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we might present every man perfect in Christ Jesus, ( Colossians 1:26-28).
Want to know your purpose, it is not hidden from you…… WOW…… This precious gift of Jesus Christ to us from the Father is so AWESOME, beyond what we can imagine or think! We trust in the Lord, to walk in the fullness of His calling, because He has given us His Spirit within to empower us to be found blameless before Him on His day….. How awesome is our God!!!!
Now what do you think Jesus meant when He said this in Luke 13:24-27, Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open for us, and He will answer and say to you, I do not know you, where you are from, then you will begin to say, We ate and drank in Your presence and You taught in our streets. But He will say, I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.
It is quite obvious what house we belong by the piercing eyes of flame of King Jesus Christ. He is the Judge and He is the Plumbline too. He is our standard and the image the Spirit of God is making us into…..Behold, I make all things new, ( Revelation 21:5)…..
After all, He knows His creation. Well, He knows all things, even our hearts!…… We can surmise that He recognizes His house, Christ within, where His Spirit dwells in our hearts or not…… Hey guys, that is our only hope of glory…..May we heed our Lord’s words and obey…..His calling of our destiny purposed and planned before the foundation of the world.
I am in awe of our God and His neverending mercy and love for us….. May we heed to His plan and live looking as to a mirror from glory to glory…. So if this is our calling, what is the high calling that Paul refers to in Philippians?
May we grow mightly in the strength and grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us, ( 1 John 3:24). Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may gave boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world, (1 John 4:17).
He will see Himself in our souls, His home…..as our abode is in Him. What a purpose and destiny we have in Christ Jesus.
There is no one like our God! May we bless the Name of the Lord forever and ever! We love you, Lord. May we have eyes to see what You have planned for us and ears to obtain Your Word in our hearts from listening ears and courage and boldness of faith to believe and live.
Father, I thank You that You have given us a place to live the inconceivable life of God through Your Son by the power of His Spirit….. We praise You and thank You for Your neverending mercy. We praise You for Your hands always lifting us to new adventures in knowing You as our God…..
You are the Great I AM. You are the reason our hearts are fulled with joy….for there is no God that has delivered and loved and lifted and been a refuge and a dwelling place for all generations as You…. There is no one like the Great I AM.
Selah!!
