Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Your destiny


Do you have a destiny?

A popular theme in books and movies, from King Arthur and Cinderella all the way to Harry Potter and beyond, is one of destiny.  Someone is born in humble circumstances yet is destined for greatness.

These stories stir something inside us don't they?  We go about our ordinary tasks from day to day, then we read a novel or watch a movie and we are transported into an adventure.  If we are honest,  something deep inside us wishes their  story was our story. 

Maybe it is?

Maybe deeper than the sword in the stone and the glass slippers, lies a truth waiting to be heard.  Perhaps we were born for a very special reason, to accomplish something only we are called to do?

Paul writes in Ephesians, 

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.  For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love  he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—  to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves." Eph 1:3-6

And also

"For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Eph 2:10

What does the life of a chosen one look like?  How do we find these good works we are predestined to do?  Can this destiny be hidden?  Does our story have a villain?  Who are our companions along the way?  What do the highs and lows look like? 

For the next few weeks I'm going to explore this theme in the Bible.  Let's journey together into the lives of those who came before us and see how God calls them, how he prepares them, and ultimately how he uses them to do these good works he speaks of. 

Let's see how men and women of God found their destiny and perhaps we can identify how God is working in our own lives to show us our own.