Getting To My Place Of Destiny

My depression mode for the past week led me to open my notes on messages that encouraged me for the past years. (yeah, years!)

This one is from Pastor Jentezen Franklin (one of my favorites).

How to get to your place of destiny?

Genesis 12: ¹The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. ² I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. ³ I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you. ⁴ So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. ⁵ He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth -his livestock and all the people he had taken into his household at Haran - and headed for the land of Canaan.

1.   Have the ability to hear God. (verses 1-3) Abraham was able to know what God had for him because he had a close relationship with God. He’s not a “Sunday Christian” type.

John 16: 13-14 tells us that the Spirit of Truth will tell us about the future. This wouldn’t happen of course if we are not walking closely with God, spending time in prayer and in His word.

And let me quote Pastor Julius Fabregas: “God allows prophecies to show us that victory is ahead.”

2.   Believe what God is telling you. (verse 4) Abraham had faith in what God told him.

James 6 says, ⁷be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. ⁷ Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. ⁸ Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.

This is also the part where I want to say, “I’m keeping it silently in my heart…” just like Sarah upon hearing the angels telling her that she would have a child in her old age; just like Jacob upon knowing the ambitious dreams of his son Joseph… It comes from God, it surely will happen!

3.   Prepare for the season of divine denunciation. Have the courage to obey (verses 4-5 ) Abraham denounced his comfort zone. Moses gave up the palace. Queen Esther took the risk of losing her crown.

      It might mean my whole life inside the church, knowing everything to do then suddenly going to a new place where nobody knows you or even recognizes you. A 180-degree turn to a new world where it doesn’t matter if you’re from a prominent family or school or community. From something you are already sure what to do to something you are totally new.

      God lets us fall in the flesh so he can raise us up! He wants us to move from the safe zone to the faith zone, from something sure to nothing but faith!

4.   Focus on the promise and not on the journey. The next chapters of Genesis tell us that what happened to Abraham seemed to be opposite of what God had promised. The pharaoh wanting Sarai, and Abram disowning her as his wife; the battle between Sarai and Haggar; The offering of Isaac.

      At times, we seem to give up and lose sight of the vision. But we need to focus on the promise and not on the problems on the journey. We should not listen to the lies of the devil, ‘cause he just wants us to stop, and so we wouldn’t reach our destiny.

      God’s residence is on faith! We need to fight a good fight of faith.

keeping it silently in my heart…

“The Lord will put someone in your heart and you will not be mistaken.”

Do I have someone in my heart right now? hmmm…