OUR DESTINY IS A SURE THING 7-9-26 VIDEO
Every person living now has a purpose for being here. There is a destiny proclaimed by God for us all. It is the reason we were born. Those who fulfill destiny in the Bible align their lives with God‘s purpose. They continue even if obstacles are in the way. Joseph endured betrayal by his brothers and was wrongfully imprisoned, yet he rose up and saved his family and famine. Esther a Jewish orphan became the queen of Persia. David begun as a humble Shepherd boy and overcame Goliath. He became a great king. Moses, who had insecurities and a speech problem ended up leading the Israelites out of Egypt and receive the 10 Commandments. Destiny-comes from the word DESTINATION which is the end result. The journey’s end. A landing place.
EPH 1:11 It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living,
12 part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone. MSG
EPH 1:13 Now you [Gentiles] also have discovered yourselves to be equally included in him having witnessed the unveiled logic of God. What exciting news! Your salvation is publicly announced. Consistent with the promise of God, the Holy Spirit gives guarantee to the fact of your faith, like the stamp of a signet ring that certifies a document. You are in him!
14 The Holy Spirit is our tangible link to the inheritance that was ransomed and preserved for us. God’s glorious plan for mankind is the theme of our celebration. MIRROR
PRO 19:21 We humans keep brainstorming options and plans, but God’s purpose prevails. MSG
JOHN 5:34 I do not draw my inspiration from your applause; I’m not here to win a few votes for a noble cause – I am on a rescue mission! MIRROR
JOHN 14:28 “You’ve heard me tell you, ‘I’m going away, and I’m coming back.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I’m on my way to the Father because the Father is the goal and purpose of my life. MSG
JOHN 15:11 I have spoken these things unto you so that my joy will continuously infuse you – you don’t have to invent your own if you can tap into mine! This is the ultimate bliss! MIRROR
ROM 11:6 They’re holding on, not because of what they think they’re going to get out of it, but because they’re convinced of God’s grace and purpose in choosing them. If they were only thinking of their own immediate self-interest, they would have left long ago. MSG
Rom 8:29 For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren. AMP
2 COR 10:8 You may think I overstate the authority he gave me, but I’m not backing off. Every bit of my commitment is for the purpose of building you up, after all, not tearing you down. MSG
COL 1:15 We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created.
16 For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels – everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. MSG
1 JN 5:13 My intention in this writing is to endorse your belief in the name of the Son of God; To know this is to know the life of the ages!
14 Thus we engage in an unreserved conversation, face to face with the father; we know that it is his delight to be our audience in whatever we may ask him.
15 And convinced of his delight with us within this place of intimate conversation, it is clear that our every request is held in the same echo – we already have what we’ve asked for! MIRROR
Acts 22:14 And he said, The God of our forefathers has destined and appointed you to come progressively to know His will [to perceive, to recognize more strongly and clearly, and to become better and more intimately acquainted with His will], and to see the Righteous One (Jesus Christ, the Messiah), and to hear a voice from His [own] mouth and a message from His [own] lips; AMP
1 SAM 17:45 David answered, “You come at me with sword and spear and battle-ax. I come at you in the name of God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel’s troops, whom you curse and mock.
46 This very day God is handing you over to me. I’m about to kill you, cut off your head, and serve up your body and the bodies of your Philistine buddies to the crows and coyotes. The whole earth will know that there’s an extraordinary God in Israel.
47 And everyone gathered here will learn that God doesn’t save by means of sword or spear. The battle belongs to God – he’s handing you to us on a platter!” MSG
PS 138:8 Finish what you started in me, God. Your love is eternal – don’t quit on me now. MSG
JER 29:11 I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out – plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.
12 “When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I’ll listen.
13 “When you come looking for me, you’ll find me. MSG
Isa 46:10 From the very beginning telling you what the ending will be, All along letting you in on what is going to happen, Assuring you, ‘I’m in this for the long haul, I’ll do exactly what I set out to do,’ MSG
Isa 41:4 Who has prepared and done this, calling forth and guiding the destinies of the generations [of the nations] from the beginning? I, the Lord–the first [existing before history began] and with the last [an ever-present, unchanging God]–I am He.
Job 42:2 “I’m convinced: You can do anything and everything. Nothing and no one can upset your plans. MSG
Galatians 1:15 But then God called me by his grace; and in love, he chose me from my birth to be his. TPT
PS 138:8 Finish what you started in me, God. Your love is eternal – don’t quit on me now. MSG
PHIL 1:6 There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears. MSG