Also note: here that destiny isn't always the easy thing but if you have a heart after Gods and you are filled with His Holy Spirit you will long for destiny and not be satisfied with anything else.

Samuel 2:35 "and i will raise me up a faithful priest that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind".

Proverbs 3 "Trust in the Lord with all of your heart lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths( in the Strongs concordance this means to make him your intimate familiar Friend.. and he will guide you in this destiny he planned for you before the foundations of the earth).

- Again destiny is found in His presence and it is not something you can figure out with your head , as the scripture says lean not unto your own understanding, but you follow with your heart trust Him Follow Him with all of your heart and you will be a world changer...

Wow, in typing out these notes  i was reminded of the Scripture i will guide thee with mine eye...i have a drawing i did of an eye and i put this verse with it...anyway i looked it up in the strongs and eye can also mean presence.
God is saying get in my presence and i will instruct you and teach you and guide you.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. (with my presence) psalm 32:8 kjv

The Lord says, "I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you. psalm 32:8 nlt
and the next verse shows us clearly what God is after He wants us to freely come after Him and not have to be forced to want a relationship with Him to want Him to guide us on this path called destiny...
Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, Whose are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you. psalm 32:9 hmv
i just have to throw this next verse in too its so good...then we will get back to the notes..
Many are the woes of the wicked, but the Lord's unfailing love surrounds
the man who trusts in him.
He wants to surround you with His unfailing unconditional love. His tender mercies. He is for you not against you . (despite popular belief God isn't an ogre ready to smash you. just in reading today i was reading Romans 8 in the amplified bible and was reminded of this fact...why would God be against us if He sent His only Son to die for us? why would his son be against us if he was willing to die and shed His blood so we could live and is risen and actually at the right hand of the father crying out on our behalf ever living to make intersession for us...and if they are not willing to condemn us who can....so if God before us who in the heck can be against us....and what can possibly separate from His great undying unconditional Love..?In fact romans 8:39 says nothing in all of creation can seperate us from His love..(the Holy Spirit nudged me to add that in :-))He longs for a relationship with you He longs to talk to you to Guide you to help you He loves you ...trust Him
Ok back to the notes...for now !

b. DESTINY DEFINED

The Holy Spirit told me to look up the meaning of destiny in the dictionary and i was amazed. Let me share these meanings with you.
Destine = to decree beforehand; predetermine; to designate, assign or dedicate in advance; to direct ; devise or set apart for a specific purpose.

Destiny = Something to which a person or thing is destined.
Note: destiny implies something Foreordained often suggest a great or noble course or end.
On the other hand fate implies an inevitable and usually adverse outcome
Fate = an inevitable an often adverse outcome condition or event - disaster-death.
 I want you to see and understand that each of us are unique made for a specific purpose. Each of us were fearfully and wonderfully made the bible says Created by God .(psalm) that means He made each one of us unique and special he created us He stood back in awe and said this one ! this one is my masterpiece. Each of us was created with a special purpose, A destiny a plan we were set apart for before we were even born. Foreordained for by God .
Let me share some scriptures with you that should help you see this.

Jeremiah 1:5 Before i formed thee in the belly i knew thee and before though comest forth out of the womb i sanctified thee SET YOU APART for a purpose (destined), and i ordained thee prophet unto the nations.

Isaiah 49:5 thus says the lord who formed me from the womb to be His servant
Isaiah 49:3 He will be glorified through us.
2 timothy 1:9 who hath saved us and called us with a Holy calling given us in Christ before the world began. wow!
(note: from this verse we can see that it isn't about our works (abilities) but his purpose, what he set us apart for-destined us and His grace -his strength  his ability to fulfill it.)

Stand for Destiny or fall to Fate
 
I want you to see through these definitions that there are two plans for your life one is your God given destiny a great and noble cause you were set apart for and the other is fate. You have a choice you can stand for destiny or fall to fate. If you will believe by faith that God has a plan for your life planned for you before you were born and he sent His son to free you from the chains of darkness the kingdom of despair so you could have a hope and a future .So through Him in His strength you see past the lies of the evil one and awaken to your destiny. Or you can go along with the lies and the illusions, never realize who you were created to be, never realize the greatness within you. never realize that you are more than a conqueror that you are a champion that you were to rule and reign with Christ that you were to be filled with the power and Glory of God. yes you can believe what the liar says.. the one who blinds minds and veils destinies.. and fall to fate ....You were to be a world changer instead you will let the world change you...no...Don't let it be said that you fell to fate realize today you were created for more! destined before worlds began for a purpose, set apart for a destiny ...Yes you are a world changer ! except nothing less...You must choose...will you stand for destiny or will you fall to fate...?

You do not have to fear fate if you will have faith for destiny.
Fear is faith in the enemies plan for your life which is fate. he wants you to believe the worst and that it is inevitable, that there is nothing you can do but except and believe his lies...like that you are nothing that you are worthless that bad things happen to you that you are powerless that God doesn't love you...these are some of his favorite lies ... Don't fear Him and His lies Don't fall to fate .Have Faith in what God says about you and live your destiny !
Your Fearlessness is an omen of doom to your enemy satan and his minions. Phillipians 1:28 Moffats translation  Never be scared for a second by your opponents; your fearlessness is a clear omen of ruin for them and of your own salvation- at the hands of God.  They only rule while you sleep. they Only have power if you believe their lies only if you have faith in what they say only if you fear... If your heart was ever to turn to Christ and the veil of illusion lifted and who you truly are realized then their rule would be over they have no power over  you only their lies...Much like the old movie labyrinth when the girl at the end realized that the Goblin King really had no power over her and she said it .." you have no power over me "and he made a face like he had been found out and began to disappear. It was true he was trying to get her to believe he had power but when she awoke to the fact that he didn't he disappeared...wow sounds familiar...!

we will talk about this later but what you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth you will have. this is why the bible tells us to guard our heart and that life an death are in the power of the tongue. So believe what God says about you and not the lies of the enemy Speak out those things speak life over yourself and not death. Words of faith and not fear. no it doesn't matter what things look like because as the bible says we walk by faith and not by sight...That means we are walking by the sight of our spiritual eyes and we are believing what God says no matter what the natural situation looks like.
Your enemy the devil goes around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour but God in you is greater if you will only believe.

mark 9:23 "All things are possible to him that believes".

PREDESTNED

Romans 8:29 -30 says We were predestined - set apart by God for a purpose.
To predetermine to foreordain, appoint beforehand. That is the meaning for predestine in the strongs. Do you realise that is the same meaning for destine...destiny in the websters dictionary. Isnt that awesome !!
from these verses in Romans 8:29-30 we see that he knew us before we were born just as he did Jeremiah in Jeremiah chapter 1.he foreknew us -new us before ...Predestined us -has a destiny planned for us that he has called us to and he justified us -made us just as if we never sinned and one more thing don't forget this one ..He glorified us...Fills us with His Glory and power. We have a destiny and the power of God to fulfill it. Wow now we can see why it says if God before us who can be against us ! We are blessed !
Psalm 139:16(nlt) says all of our days were written in his book before we live out any of them. (He has a plan for us)
Jeremiah 29:11 says it is a good plan..."I know the plan that i have for you, they are plans for good and not for disaster to give you a future and a hope."

Ephesisan 2:10  God has planned things for us to accomplish in and through Christ. (note: not to buy our salvation but because of it. Christ freed us so that we can bring Freedom !)
Just as Paul said of His call from Jesus in acts, it is our call as well.
Acts 26:18
..I send thee To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

Ephisians 1:18 Paul prays that the eyes of our understanding would be enlightened that we would know what our destiny is (the hope of our calling ) and His power in us to fulfill lit. That is my prayer for us today as well !

Eph1:18-20 new living translation
I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the wonderful future he has promised to those he called. I want you to realize what a rich and glorious inheritance he has given to his people.
pray that you will begin to understand the incredible greatness of his power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God's right hand in the heavenly realms.
Get a hold of this let your Spiritual eyes see this! You have a destiny, a calling and God calls you a saint why because he has made you rightouss .You are who he says you are ..A SAINT no longer a sinner...you say "but i did this and i did that"...it doesn't matter when you believe by faith ,you are who God says you are! ..And when you begin to believe it you will no longer be a slave to sin .It will have no power over you no dominion .No rule.  romans 6
This is the power of the holy Spirit that fills you and as Jesus overflows out of you .Rivers of living water Bringing life to all of those around you .That is why Isaiah 61:1says.. Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee.
They are drawn to you because you are full of God, full of His Glory, full of hope, destiny, purpose. Things they are so desperate and hungry for. The world is a valley of dry bones longing for their Ezekiel to come and speak hope to them .they have lost all hope v11 all sense of purpose, all passion . Depressed in the valley dry, bitter, broken ,hopeless bones. You have Gods words in your mouth as the prior chapter in Isaiah says Isaiah 59:21My spirit that [is] upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth  ...see you are speaking good things over people things that edify as ephisain 4 says..You are full of Gods presence His life His glory His Spirit .You are water , rain bringing life to a dry weary land...This is what the world needs you to awaken to See that God has created you for more and has freed you to bring Freedom. You are a world changer and destiny is calling  ! can you began to see it?

God is calling you to His Presence to fill up and then to go and fill .

The World sees a pile of dry dead bones but we see a Great army of God .an army full of hope destiny and purpose just waiting to arise !
the world sees trash but we see Gods treasure .His Masterpiece they might be drugged out and hopeless but in their spirit they are crying for freedom crying for God and He is crying for them.
you must show them they are His masterpiece and He has a plan and a purpose just for them and he has paid the price for them to be free to fulfill that purpose.

Ephesians 2:9-10
9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. 10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

c. Power For Destiny

Now we have established from scripture God gives you a destiny a purpose something he has set you apart for . Now i want you to see he gives you His power and ability to fulfill it.

2Corinthians 4:7 We have this treasure in earthen vessels that the Excellency of the power may be of God and not of us
N.L.T. translation says .. So that everyone can see that our Glorious power is from God and is not our own.

Phillipians 2:13 For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do His good pleasure.
You see He gives you a destiny and the power to fulfill it.
N.L.T. For God is working in you ,giving you the desire to obey Him and the power to do what pleases Him.
Amplified version 13 [Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and ^]delight.
Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you..
amp version But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.

Wow do you see it ! He gives us the power of The Holy Spirit to fulfill our call  ...we are unstoppable. That does away with us feeling inadequate because it is His ability not our own. eph 6:10 We are strong in the lord and in the power of His might. It is His strength, His might, and His Glory. The very strength and might of the Holy Spirit  that Filled our Savoir when He was on the earth going about doing good and healing all that where oppressed of the devil now fills us to do the same. Like Jesus said as the father sent Him Now he sends us...  John 17:18
Acts 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
You see he did all he did by the power of the Holy Spirit to be our example to show us what we were to do and by the power of the Holy Spirit in us have the strength to do it. That is why he said if we have faith we would do even greater things then he did because he went to the father and would send us the Holy Spirit ! read John 14
2 Timothy 1: is a Beautiful passage. Here Paul is encouraging his young protégé his son in the spirit to be fearless to be bold not ashamed of Jesus and his gospel. To fearlessly live a life of destiny was The call he must answer ...lets look at verse 9 Who hath saved us and called us with a holy calling not according to our own works (abilities , good deeds , talents) but according to His own purpose (the plan He has for us -destiny) and grace (His unlimited power and ability in us to fulfill that destiny), which was given us in Christ Jesus before worlds began...before this realm came to be God had a plan and purpose for you Now through Christ he fills you with his Holy Spirit and empowers you to live that purpose....aka destiny...

Not by power not by might but by my Spirit says the Lord..
You cant fulfill this life of destiny in your own strength. The devil will have you flat on the mat...you see we wrestle dark lords rulers of wickedness in the unseen realm and your little talent your little abilities your strength just wont get it...We must have His...you see its like mosses coming down from the mountain glowing with the presence of God. its like the verse in Isaiah that says those that wait upon the lord will renew their strength. In the Hebrew it means we trade our strength for His...that is what we need !do you hear that....how can you stand for destiny and not fall to fate you ask...here in lye's the answer...WAIT ON THE LORD...spend time in His presence and come forth with power...shinning with his glory gushing with His love overflowing with rivers of living water...this is what all hell fears this is what all creation longs for...the revealing of The sons of God the manifestation of the sons of God; Manifesting the life of God to a world who has been suffering under the deluge of the dark lord...
here in lies our call the basis of our destiny each one who names the name of CHRIST ian. To RE present Him; little Christs....This is our call as it was pauls. Jesus is telling us sending us as He did him.
Acts 26:18  I send thee To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

Do you see how we can get it so wrong with natural sight and thinking. Well your not cut out for this .You aren't a natural leader like so and so. You just don't have any natural abilities .you aren't tall and mighty looking like your brothers .You cant possibly be Gods choice for king. etc etc...NO No ! God is looking for the foolish of the world, the nothings, the week. Do you see it...We could get caught up looking at the natural and feeling like we are nothing or we can look at Him which is within us and realize he as called us to be His mighty Somethings. That He the creator loves us .You and me and has entrusted us with a plan and empowers us to fulfill it. And WE BLOW THE WORLDS MIND!! WOW...like they said of peter And john After they healed the lame man then proclaimed to the religious council that they did it by the power of the name of Jesus Christ  Acts Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus
other versions say unschooled ordinary men no special training...You see these were Jesus' revolutionaries , the nobodies to the world but Filled with the power of The Holy Spirit a force to be reckoned with...And so Are you ..You are Gods revolutionary. Jesus has chosen you. He wants to fill you with the Holy Spirit and use you to turn the world upside down. as was said of the disciples in acts. Acts 17:6 These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

Lets look at a few more verses in the closing of this portion.

This is one of my Favorites ! (1cor 1:26 -31)
Because it shows there is hope for us that feel hopelessly inadequate .God chooses us to change the world. Why ..Because we know and everyone else knows it was God ..it had to be these shmuks couldn't have don't it they can barely say their name.:-)
  
   Much Like Gideon that God raised up in the old testament to bring freedom to his people. He felt like a nobody a nothing a nobody from a poor family and the least of his family but God called Him A Mighty Man of valour (There Are many the world will right of as nothing and we even write ourselves off but they/we are the very ones God is calling to lives of of destiny and purpose in this hour of great darkness to be free and bring freedom to our people -Only believe) The Spirit Of the Lord came upon Gideon and God had him lead an army to save his People but first he had him reduce the army from 32,000 soldiers down to a mere 300 man against an army as vast as the sands of the sea...Why...the same reason, later they wouldn't be able to boast what they had done. No, it was what God had done. He had freed them by His hand , it was a miracle and he didn't want them to forget.
1 Corithians 1:26-31
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, [yea], and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

That no flesh should glory in his presence

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

Oh Children Of God Sons of The Mighty, Soldiers of the Divine. See this today. You are not limited to the natural You are Sons of the Spirit. You are filled with The Holy Spirit His power and ability is in you You are Unstoppable. Don't let anyone tell you you cant if God says you can. If you believe in your heart then anything is possible, you can move mountains.
Can you see that this leaves self dead on the cross where it should be. The Pride and arrogance of I and look what I can do has no place here. It is a solemn remembering that everything i am everything i do is because of Him and what he has done my precious savior...He is my righteousness my wisdom my redemption Glory to Him !

I love these verses so much lets look at them in some other versions
Here is the nLv

 26 Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy^[g] when God called you. 27 Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. 28 God chose things despised by the world,^[h] things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. 29 As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.

 30 God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin. 31 Therefore, as the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.”^[i]

Here is the Message
26-31Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don't see many of "the brightest and the best" among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn't it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these "nobodies" to expose the hollow pretensions of the "somebodies"? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That's why we have the saying, "If you're going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God."

I Love these verses ..I can really relate to being a nobody but the good news is we are Gods Some bodies and we have His ability and power and strength. We are strong in the lord and in the power of His might .We are seated with Christ in heavenly places. He ha made us kings and priests to rule and reign with him forever (revelations 1:6; rev 5:10).We have His authority. We are His representatives. We speak His name and demons tremble...Wow! But we are humble at the fact that it is all Him. That is why in revelations it is said that we are given crowns but then we lay them at the masters feet. We know it was all him not our works or abilities talents good looks manners ...no nothing..
I am so excited after reading these verses ..Isn't this our story brothers and sitsers  God chose things despised by the world,^[h] things counted as nothing at all, and used them!. Yes, God is calling you and i today as he did mosses many years ago ..He hears the cries of His people His creation is groaning and he longs to use us to bring freedom to his people as he did mosses. Mosses tried to say but i cant do it .I cant speak. I don't talk well ..I Stutter ...God said i will speak through you. Ill Give you the words and the ability. Look Man, I created the tongue. This is one argument that is futile .you are not going to win it. God is all powerful and has given you that power to fulfill your destiny. Can you see it we have no excuses of i cant or i am nothing if anything this only qualifies us the more in Gods system of things. How beautiful our Lord that cant take nothing something despised and looked down on by the world .Make it his masterpiece and use it to bring Glory to His name. To Bring revival ..Revolution. That is our story my friends. you and i..
Here are a few more verses to fuel and fire you up!
Eph 16:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

Phil 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Ephesisns3:16
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
NLV
I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit
Again Wow ! We are strengthened with Might (dunamis) The Miracle working power of the Holy Spirit in Our Spirit...UN STOP ABLE!!!

D. Steeping out in Faith
Apprehend that for which you were apprehended! Philippians 3:12

God doesn't see like man does he doesn't have shallow vision.And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. God calls the "trash" of the world his treasure. The "nothings" He makes His Some things. The Words of the late great Kathryn Kulhmen always stick in my head .She said she told God she had no special gifts or talents no natural abilities. She had nothing to give Him but if He could use nothing then here is nothing. Then she would say in her dramatic Shakespearean way ."God isn't looking for golden vessels . God isn't looking for silver vessels. God is looking for willing vessels. She was a great woman of God in who did healing crusades in the 60s and 70s .She was very dramatic with a Gothic/Shakespearean flare and she would bring the presence and glory and healing power of God into a place like no other...

The Word Says ..The eyes of the lord are going to and fro across the earth looking seeking for someone in whom He can show Himself strong.Do you hear that ...not the already strong The " perfect/ got it together" crowd no ...He is looking for the rejects the messed up the burnt out hopeless. The Broken yess thats right .He wants to take the broken pieces of your life and make a masterpiece if you will only let him! Trust Him to take you from the dungeons of darkness and despair to a life of divine destiny. Not by might not by power but by my Spirit says the LOrd...do you here that ...not in your strength but His. Jesus wants to raise you up from the depths of the devourer . free you from the chains of despair, the bonds of addiction.He wants to empower you to live the life of a conqueror more then a conqueror .Jesus loves you so much He washed you in His own blood freeing you from darkness cleansing you of your past. Then not only does he do that as if that wasn't enough .He made you a king and a priest to rule by His side forever...wow

STEP OUT !
OK So God given you a destiny and His power to fulfill it. not your own abilities but His. But you have to believe Him , Trust Him and STEP OUT IN FAITH!
Lets lok at the story of King Jehoshaphat and his people. They cried out to God when a great multitude of Kings and warriors were coming against them.They were vastly out numbered surrounded and basically up poop creak with no chance of a paddle. So they cried out to God. "This great company that cometh against us ; nether know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.Then God spoke to them to Not be afraid of the great multitude; for the battle is not yours but the Lords. Then he said tomorrow you will find them at the end of the brook by the cliff ziz, before the wilderness of Jeril .You shall not need to fight. Stand still and you will see the salvation of the Lord with you. Go out tomorrow against them. Don't be afraid ! So the next mourning they got up early they began to march to the battle singing and praising God as they praised God set ambushments against the enemy and they all began to destroy each other. So when Jehosophat and the people got there there were dead bodies everywhere.they only had to carry away the spoil.

Point?
The point is they had to trust God. They still had to step out in faith and march to the battle and you even though God gives you His ability and strength you have to trust Him and STEP OUT in Faith.
Examples -
Moses...He was a stutterer He said he couldn't speak and Yet God chose him to speak before Pharaoh and free His People.
Read Exodus 4:14 and on...He said "God i am not eloquent .I'm slow of speech slow of tongue ..i stutter...
God answerers ,"Who hath made mans mouth who made the dumb or deaf the seeing or the blind? Have not i the lord? Now There for GO and i will be with thy mouth and teach thee what thou shalt say". See you have no excuse. Living a life of destiny is simply obeying Gods plan for you and trusting Him to fulfill it through you.
Jesus is going to do great things with you if you let Him and if you don't try to interfere with Him...If you will trust in His love more then in your weakness..
quotes from mother Teresa in her book no greater love.

Living a life of destiny isn't trying to fig out what your good at or many people in the bible would have missed theirs. Its not a job fair mentality. Not a talent search where we try to fig out whAT OUR NATURAL ABILITIES ARE.. No It is only the product of a love affair with Jesus and a Spirit led life where we believe in Him and He believes in us and we by faith can say as the 2 spies with the good report we are well able  when others around us tell us we arnt and it is impossible. the good spies were off a diff spirit the bible says a Spirit of Faith ..the others were consumed with doubt and unbelief. It is time for a new faith movement that doesn't focus on Faith for things but faith for freedom. To walk in the freedom Jesus purchased and believe we are who he says we are and can do what he says we can do ! Only Believe and we will see the Glory of God in us and through us!

A Life Of Destiny Is awakening to the fact that the same Spirit that rose Christ from the dead dwells in you (romans 8:11 Eph 1:19) and gives you the power and ability to fulfill your destiny .your purpose yes this is apprehending that for which we were apprehended. The same spirit that brooded over the face of the deep in Genesis and made worlds where there were none. The same Holy Spirit that filled the temple of the old testament, The Glory Cloud that people that people couldn't stand in the presence of . That false gods fell when placed next to yes that same spirit lives in you when you Believe in Jesus and ask him to be your savior and fill you with His Holy Spirit. You are now the temple of the Holy Ghost and Jesus said now you would do what he did and greater things because he was going to the father and sending the Holy Spirit to empower us. In fact that is how Jesus did what he did Acts 10 :38
How God appointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil.
And that is how we continue His ministry as His hands and His feet As his disciples, His ambassadors.
Remember ...not by power not by might but by my Spirit says the lord..

John 17:18 As the Father sent him He now sends us...!!!! to be world changers!!
and you can see with great enthusiasm lets attack those giants and take the land we are well able ! because you are of a diff spirit, a spirit of faith . You know who you are and cant be swayed by fear and illusion!

Your past has past
Your past has past.This is a new day and His mercies are new every mourning !
Let us grab a hold of a fresh wind today. Let the Holy Spirit take you to new heights!
this is the day that the lord has made REjoice and be glad in it ! the past is behind you it doesn't determine your future .you are a new creation Old things (the past) have passed away and all things, ALL things are new. Jesus has forgiven and forgotten your past now you must .As paul said forgetting those things that are behind i press on towards the high call in Christ ...destiny ...see you must forget the past to live for the future to live in the now of faith..faith is in the now because in the Spirit Realm there is no time... so when you are a son of God led by the spirit of god and you are led from a place where there is no time and your past no longer exists ! ISN'T THAT EXCITING ..YOU SEE YOUR PAST FAILURES CANT STOP YOU FROM FUTURE VICTORY! Jesus put it this way every one born of the spirit is like the wind you can hear it and see the effects of it but you cant tell from where it comes or to wear its going. that is show you are now in the Spirit your future is not determined by your past !Satan and his imps can no longer tell where or what you will do based on your past because they no longer have a hold on you . Now in Christ you are no longer under the dominion or rule or authority of sin and satan. you are free free to live a life of destiny led by the Holy Spirit and not your past failures  and addictions  It is truly a new day and in Christ you are a truly a new creation and you are truly free ..only believe and you will see the Glory Of God in you and through you ! who the son sets free is free in reality !


So see with me today that your success in living this life of destiny in Christ is not determined by your own abilities past present or future but it is in Christ ability within you. When you  see this you will begin to see as  Paul saw...that all things are possible to them that believe and that i can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Lets look at some more examples of those who felt inadequate.

Gideon
Gideon said when God called him to deliver his people Oh God how will i save Isreal ? Behold my family is poor in Manasseh and i am the least in my fathers house. God said surely i will be with thee and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. (remember one can change the world- as i have said before it doesn't taken an army to change the world it only takes one man child or women who will say yes to Jesus and will dedicate themselves to live a life of destiny.)

Saul
When Samuel the prophet was going to anoint Saul as king, Saul said ,"Am i not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin?" And later he hid himself when they were coming to make him king.

Paul
Paul said he was pressed beyond his natural abilities, passed his strength to the point he despaired even of life. why? He said so we wouldn't trust in ourselves but in God who raiseth the dead.
His strength is available for you . Find out his plan for you and fearlessly follow ! Like Joshua who had had spent time in Gods presence as mosses servant then became the leader and whatever God said he did no matter how silly it sounded like  marching around walls to they fell. He had a relationship and a trust in God that propelled him to greatness. He wasn't afraid of looking silly .He was a God pleaser not a man pleaser. So must anyone be who is serious about following this path of a God given destiny.

I want to add this in here. I found an amazing scripture this week that has been inspiring me and firing me ! Isaiah 4:14 calling forth and guiding the destinies of the generations from the beginning I the lord the first (existing before history began )and with the last (an ever present unchanging God )I am He ! WOW, Isn't this awesome! just as he led Joshua he wants to lead you and empower you in this great quest called destiny ! He hasn't lost any of his power as the word says he is the same yesterday today and forever ! He is faithful to all generations ! he is no respecter of persons ..can you see it . He is calling you to a life of greatness and purpose to throw off the dull mind numbing life of futility and grasp a hold of this exciting life of faith where you trust him, follow him, see the miraculous and change the world ! As this verse says he has called you and now he wants to guide you as has those men women and children who have chose a life of destiny before you.


Just like we read in Philippians 2:12 earlier it is God working in us both to will and to do his good pleasure. He is giving us the desire and the ability but as the verse before says you work out your own salvation work out katergazomai in the Greek means TO DO THAT FROM WHICH SOMETHING RESULTS - sounds like a step of faith. Those things of destiny and greatness God has placed within you are there just waiting to come out but you must step out in faith. Yes fearlessly follow wear he leads. Trust Him that he is going to use you mightily. Take the plunge and you will make waves .

You Can Do It !

Part 3.Vessels ready for the Masters use
Destiny is Obedience. Obedience is better then sacrifice. Good is the enemy of best, the enemy of destiny. I want to speak to you now on the precision the Holy Spirit is calling us to. Early this year (2007) God spoke to me and tfcotld about not just doing but listening. He spoke to us about slowing down from all of our busy work. In fact to stop everything and seek His face. To stop just working for him and to spend time just getting to know Him. Remember in  Matthew 7:22 Jesus said you did all these good things like prophesy cast out devils etc. but you never got to know me.
  He said to us "to be Mary and give Martha a rest" and that in His presence we would gain precision , patience and come forth with power. We were very weary from all of the work and stress. A lot of our own people had turned on us as well and were gossiping and talking behind our backs. It was a rough time. I know a lot of other Christians were going through similar situations at the same time from reading emails,  blogs and so on .This message was birthed from all of that and i want to share a few points with you today.

a. Good is the enemy of best

I have shown you many scriptures showing that God has "set you apart" for something special. He created you and each one of us unique and he has a unique destiny planned specifically for you . So.....

- Stop looking for things to do and start listening for what he wants you to do.
Destiny isn't just doing what comes but doing what God planned for you. Remember destined means set apart for something. A specific purpose a great and noble course and end.

wow.. that is so rich and exciting. We are so blessed to be more than the lie they told us more then mistakes, more than freaks of chance, more then animals. Sons and daughters of the most high all powerful God and destiny to be our birthright, our inheritance and our legacy !

We read in Roman8:14 Sons of God are to be led by the Spirit of God. Not just going around like chickens with their heads cut off. But how can you follow someone you cant hear and how can you hear him unless you stop all of your "busyness " and get to Know Him.
Psalms131:2 I quieted my soul like a child at his mothers breast.
take a lesson from King David someone God said was a man after His own heart. (oh to have that said of us!) He would get quit and tell his soul to shut up . His mind his will and his emotions. See we must do this ! We live in a crazy busy nutso drive thru world and God is calling us to slow down, get quiet and get with Him that is when we will know Him, hear Him , Know ourselves and our destiny.

In His Presence you will gain precision
Is 49:1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me In verse 2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; we see He will put his words in our mouth. Like Jesus said to all of us disciples in luke21:14-15 Settle [it] therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
His word in our mouth is a great weapon . The sword of the Spirit .
v3. And said unto me, Thou [art] my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
God put these verses in my spirit to talk to me about precision. You see we are that arrow and as we spend time in His presence it isn't wasted time its time in which he preparing us, sharpening us pairing us, getting us ready for a precise strike a death dealing blow to the enemy. Hid in His quiver is not a place of wasted time and inactivity but it is that intimate time in the secret place where we gain peace and patience. Where we come forth with his presence. Where we trade our week transient failing strength for His Mighty Power. It springs up within us like beautiful blooming flowers in a barren dry dessert where we rise up on wings like eagles and soar to the heights. We run and don't grow weary walk and we don't faint we gain his strength for the battle.

Polished = to make bright; Brighten; Choice; Chosen; Cleanse; Clearly Polished; purify; purge out; Clarify; Brighten. Wow, that is what he is doing with us in his presence. We are glowing with His glory. Finding what he has chosen us for gaining clarity and vision. Prepared for destiny !
He has made me an arrow sharp and ready for use (good news version)

He gave me speech that would cut and penetrate.
   He kept his hand on me to protect me.
He made me his straight arrow
   and hid me in his quiver.
He said to me, "You're my dear servant,
   Israel, through whom I'll shine."
(the message)
3And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. (verse3 kj)
In verse 3 we see He will be glorified in us ! can you see it yet ?
He has a plan for you. You find in His presence.  You seek His face and you are the gate the King of Glory comes through. Yes! He gets his glory to you and through you to a world in desperate need! Like King David, we too are after Gods heart. Pursuing His presence as our vital need.( verse)We hurt for what he hurts for. We weep for what He weeps. What breaks His heart breaks ours . that is when gal 2:20  comes alive. It is no longer I that live but Christ who lives in me. We are then truly His hands and his feet.
Ps 63:1 We cry out like David to see his power is Presence his Glory in this dry weary land .
Ps 71:18 and our hearts cry is to show His power and Glory to this generation.

Like An Eagle
JOB 34:26-29
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.

Like the eagle we dwell in the secret place, The Rock on High , in His presence the place of strength . From that place we plan a strike on the enemy . We can see clearly there. We can hear clearly there. We have vision and can see afar off. Then like the eagle we can swoop down and strike our prey. In His presence you gain precision and spiritual vision.
Can you see now how in His presence we gain precision for a precise strike. If we just randomly attack the enemy without orders from headquarters without a plan without Gods strength that comes from waiting in His presence we are doomed before we start . We need a vision that comes from His vision. Seeing from the Rock far above from His presence...Then we will begin to see the fruit we desire to see and be effective . The enemy will try to get us busy with many good things if he can't get us busy with the bad. Busy work can keep us from His presence keep us from His plan . Keep us from being effective and we will most likely end up beaten down and burnt out. Satan will use people in your life to get you riled up. Their yelling and being loud saying you need to do this and another will say no do this till you are doing 100 things and don't know if your coming or going. I have dealt with this in my life a lot. But you see we don't want to be led by the loudest voice but by the quietest one. The Holy Spirit, that still small voice within that if we don't take time away from the screamers and all the busy-ness we wont hear Him and we will never never truly live our destiny or fulfill our purpose.

So don't worry how loud people scream at you to do this or that. I have found they are never pleased anyway people like that you can bend over backwards for and they will still complain. There is discontentment within in them and they are driven by it instead of the Holy Spirit . So i have determined i am going to be a God pleaser and Not a man pleaser no matter what. No matter who gets mad or yells or doesn't like it !

Working with The Holy Spirit

The Bible says we are co Laborers with God but too many of us either want to do nothing or our own thing.
The early disciples listened and worked with the Holy Spirit and if we are to be effective in turning the world upside down as was said of them ( Acts17:6 )
If we are to see Gods glory and power on our lives so must we !
Examples:
Acts 13:2-4
As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid [their] hands on them, they sent [them] away.
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
(sent forth by The Holy Ghost)
 

Acts 10:19-20
While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.

Acts 16 :6
Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.

See The Holy Spirit had them not go to certain places but to go to others. Can you see the importance now we will not see the miracles they saw and the fruit they saw if we don't follow The Holy Spirit they followed. We are to be Sons of God led by the Spirit of God (Romans 8). Something i noticed this time in reading this verse is that they obeyed immediately . We need to be ready to follow the Holy Spirit immediately as well fearlessly follow by faith where he leads but that is a subject for another chapter or book.

Vessels ready for the Masters use

Fate is settling for less destiny is grabbing for Gods best , Grabbing for greatness ! Jesus needs you ready for His use. Straight from His presence. Glowing like Mosses from the mountain top. Speaking boldly like Peter because the Holy Spirit was on him ( verse) .even to the point the religious leaders that arrested him were amazed that he was an unlearned man and he was speaking like this with such boldness. they realized he must have been with Jesus.

Out Of your bellies shall flow rivers of living water (verse) The Holy Spirit, Gods glory, life ..can you see why God needs you and the world desperately needs you. but you cant give what you do not have. If you are not filled with him He cant flow out of you. He so wants you and me to be vessels he can fill and flow out of.
Eph 319 amp  Become a body wholly filled and flooded with God himself.
Note: see the verse before , Remember this comes from that knowing that passeth Knowledge- Completeness wholeness you find it here, not in fame or fortune or any lie or illusion of the world.
a ready vessel "set apart" 2 tim 2:21
Tha is what we want to be for the lord
2tim2:20 tm
20-21In a well-furnished kitchen there are not only crystal goblets and silver platters, but waste cans and compost buckets—some containers used to serve fine meals, others to take out the garbage. Become the kind of container God can use to present any and every kind of gift to his guests for their blessing.
2Tim2:20 nlv
When we know him him intimately we become a body wholy filled and flooded  and overflowing with with Jesus and His presence of peace love joy hope .Atmospheres bow to that presence like the statue of dagon  fell before the ark of the covenant (1sam 5). People cant help but noticing that their is something different ..they must have must Know Jesus. We are vessels the master can use not vessels we are using for our own selfish agenda so cramed full there is no room left for God . when His glory fills our temple people will fall at the Presence of the living God freedom will come chains will fall. Devils will flee. It was said of great evangelist  of past generations like Smith Wigglesworth. He would have to say anything people in public would fall at his feet under the conviction and power of the Holy Spirit...isiah 45: says i believe of us who are filled with His Holy precence
Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, [saying], Surely God [is] in thee; and [there is] none else, [there is] no God.


If you are filled with good there will be no room in your vessel for best. Destiny is Gods best ! the things he "set you apart for"
Rom 5 the love of God is shed abroad "gushing out of you) in your heart by the Holy spirit. Are you ready to be filled till you overflow and flood the world with Gods Glory ? are you ready for destiny ? Are you ready to apprehend that for which youve been apprehended (phillipians)..To no longer fall to fate but live for destiny. For purpose on purpose no longer half hazard lazy and getting by  but energized focused and through God living a life that he planned for you excitement adventure being a world changer..


Obedience is better than Sacrifice
example ..read I sam 15
Saul got into trouble with God by doing his own thing even though it might have been a good thing it wasn't the God thing. It wasn't what God had instructed him to do. in verse 3 God tells him to destroy all. In verse 9 we read ..but saul and the people spared agag and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen and of the fatlings and the lambs and all that was good and would not  utterly destroy them.
In the following verses we read they didn't listen but they tried to pass off what they did as a good thing saying they spared the best to sacrifice to the Lord. In verse 22 we read that God wants obedience more then sacrifice, to obey His voice. To obey is better then sacrifice
I sam 13...actualy this wasn't His first mess up. He got impatient Sound familiar? that is why when God tells us something we can not  lean to our own understanding (Prov 3) looking to lying vanities (believing what the natural realm is telling you  over what God is telling you.empty lies the devil will try to sway you with to get you as far away from destiny as he can ) ( I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. Psalm 31:6) We cant try to reason everything out .we have to walk by the the sight of faith. see the unseen .See as God sees ourselves and our situations. Only believe trust and follow that is the recipe for living a life of Greatness in God..

last updated nov 2008