You have a destiny
For I know the thoughts I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. –Jeremiah 29:11
Most people have lost a sense of destiny in our increasingly humanistic society. God created you, you didn’t evolve, and you were created with a specific destiny. But we need to look at an extreme error in the body of Christ today. It’s a way of thinking that prevents people from discovering and fulfilling their destinies. Proverbs 3:5 says, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” When we begin to trust in and lean on our understanding and exalt our wisdom above the wisdom of God, we open the door to tragedies. God has predetermined a specific plan and purpose for every person’s life. However, you must “choose ye this day whom ye will serve.” Jesus Christ is such a gentleman! He will not force His will upon us.
Will you seek God’s destiny for your life and then do it, or will you insist on doing your own thing? Unfortunately, in our self-indulging society, the answer to that question for many has been to do their own thing.
God made you with a purpose in mind, and you only have one opportunity, one life, to fulfill it. No matter how talented or gifted, you will never reach your full potential until you realize you have a destiny and are willing to seek God with all your heart to discover it.
God created you for a purpose and destiny before you were born and demonstrated talents or abilities. Look at these scriptures. Jeremiah 1:5 says, “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” Galatians 1:15 reads, “But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace.” Both the Prophet Jeremiah and the Apostle Paul knew that God had a predetermined plan for their lives, where all their gifts, abilities, and talents would be used. Ephesians 5:17 says, “Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.“
God never created you to be independent but to depend upon Him. Without direction from God, people find themselves unfulfilled, unproductive, and plagued with self-inflicted problems.
God has a purpose for your life and a destiny for you to fulfill, but satan wants to kill, steal, and destroy that plan. Once you discover God’s plan for your life, it carries a supernatural ability and an anointing that will cause you to flourish. You are no longer working from just your knowledge and talent, but you’re operating out of obedience, and that is where the blessing and anointing of God are found.
