When we embark on the journey towards reaching our
destiny, we must also realize the journey along with its ups and downs, trials
and tribulations, moments of victory and defeat are all part of our destiny.
If we were never down we would never appreciate being on
top. There will be times when we may take baby steps and there will be times
when we may not take a step at all. It is during these times that we may
question our destiny, ask ourselves if we are heading in the right direction.
We may even take a break, or pause for a period of time, but then we feel that
unction in our spirit that reminds us that we must go on and that we will not
be satisfied until we reach the pinnacle of what God has created us to do.
The funny thing about our destiny is that is does not end
until all of our work here on earth is finished. We may have completed a
project or reached what we may feel is a milestone, but just as we do God
places another idea in our spirit, something else that He wants us to
accomplish for Him.
I find it interesting that we always seem to know when
God has something else in store for us. We start feeling empty even though we
may have just completed what seemed to be an insurmountable task. We are able
to accomplish the task by the grace of God, we are excited and joyous because
it’s behind us, but it’s not enough and we begin to wonder what’s next.
As each of our lives are predestined God has already
determined everything we will do. When we look at the life of Joseph we see his
brothers wanted to kill him, they led their father to believe he was dead, they
sold him into slavery. He was accused of rape, served time in prison, placed in
the second highest position in the land and saved those same brothers from
famine that wanted him dead.
If Joseph knew what the end was going to be it may have
made his journey a little more tolerable. Sure he had some good times during
the bad times, but there were also times knowing he had done nothing wrong that
he may have wondered why me.
We must think about Joseph as we walk through our
predestined paths. We don’t know what our end will be. We will experience
trials and tribulations because God told us we would. Many are the afflictions
of the righteous but the Lord delivers us out of them all. He also said our
latter will be greater than the former. Our last days will be better than our
first days.
God has instilled in us a desire to have everything He
has promised us, that is why we have what seems to be an insatiable desire to
serve Him. The desires, visions, ideas that He has placed in us are the service
He has called us to. We need to worship Him. We need to praise Him. We need to
seek Him and we need to fulfill His plan for our lives.
During our fleshly times of weakness is when we may stray
off of His path, but God already knew we were going to stray, so He nudges us
and gets us back on track. What a mighty God we serve! Even when we want to
give up He gives us just want we need to keep moving.
I recently took a stress test. For those of you who have
never taken one you are placed on a treadmill while connected to an EKG
machine. Your heart rate and blood pressure are monitored during the test. The
incline and pace are increased in intervals. By the time the test was almost over
I was thinking what would happen if I just stop. I felt like I could not
continue but I did.
God has already provided everything we need to accomplish
everything He has ordained for our lives. What we endure is because we are on
the mission He has placed us on.When you feel like giving up that is when you
must remember 2Corinthinians 12:10 therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in
reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake:
for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Oftentimes the greatest victories occur just as we are
feeling we can’t go on. If I’d stopped while on the treadmill I would have
failed the test and would need to reschedule. How do I know I would be able to
complete the test the second time if I would have quit the first time? I could
tell myself I would practice, but would I? Probably not.
Rather than quit when you are almost there push! Give it
your best shot! You will never cross the finish line if you stop just short of
it. If you start you can finish. Finishing is the end that God has predestined
for you. It may not be what you think it should be, but it will always be what
He has chosen and what He has determined as completion.
No comments:
Post a Comment