Monday 29 July 2013

Travails and Triumphs of Great Destinies (1)



You are the architect of your destiny. Your destiny is in your hand. However, the fact that your destiny is in your hand does not mean you will achieve everything you set out to do in a jiffy.
Great destinies are not made overnight. You don’t become what you want to become without struggle. One of the characteristics of great destinies is that they are fraught with travails. Any destiny that is rosy-like or free of travails is no great destiny at all, because travails themselves are the workshops where great destinies are created.
Lessons About Great Destinies
To achieve the great destiny God has ordained for us, there are a number of lessons we can learn and imbibe. Below are seven lessons (divided into 7 parts) which we can learn about great destinies.
I.            If Your Destiny Glorifies God, Satan and his Agents Will
Fight to Truncate It
Every great destiny must of necessity glorify God because God is the designer of great destiny. Satan is the arch-enemy of great destinies. He does not want mankind to enjoy the blessings of great destinies. He therefore fights constantly to truncate great destinies.
Satan is the enemy of all good things. He always carries out his diabolical activities in the lives of great men of God. Job in the Bible is a man of great destiny. The lifestyle he lived glorified God all his life. Satan was unhappy with Job’s lifestyle. He sought to ruin Job’s life and destiny. But satan could not do Job anything without God allowing him.
There is a big consolation here: unless God allows it, satan cannot wrought any havoc in any life. And when God allows it, as in the case of Job, it is all for the glory of His holy name. WHEN YOU LIVE THE LIFESTYLE THAT GOD EXPECTS YOU TO LIVE, YOU CREATE A HEDGE AROUND YOU WHICH MAKES YOU UNTOUCHABLE!
But because of the relevance of travails to your great destiny, God may allow satan to bring some travails upon you. However, God will never allow satan to overwhelm you. The travails brought by satan and his cohorts are only orchestrated by God for your triumph and for the glory of His holy name.
Remember the positive confession of Job: “When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Please run away from anyone that promises you a travail-free life. We all want a travail-free life. But note that Jesus did not promise us a travail-free life. He says: “In the world, ye shall have tribulation, but cheer up for I have overcome the world.”
All those that are pursuing their God-ordained destiny will encounter the onslaught of satan. Satan will try one way or the other to frustrate men and women of great destiny, but he will fail woefully. More importantly, God has designed that you will always triumph in the end.
Great destinies provoke great travails. You don’t have to be afraid of what satan and his cohorts can do. Don’t be afraid of demanding great destiny for yourself because of what satan and his agents can do.
Even if you sell yourself shot by refusing to aspire for greatness, that won’t insulate you from travails. Whether you choose to live a life that God wants you to live or not, you cannot run away entirely from travails. It is true that you will encounter more travails when you aspire for great destiny. But it is also true that great travails are the very workshops where great destinies are fashioned out.
The onslaught of satan cannot affect your great destiny. Almighty God, the Master of the universe, who has ordained you for greatness will make you to triumph over every onslaught of satan.
Note that what God requires of us is that we should live a life that will glorify Him. Doing this implies steering clear of sin. The only thing that can mar our destiny is sin. The Bible is replete with stories of great men and women of God who, at their breaking point, yielded to sin and displeased God.
Think of people like Samson. Like Solomon. Like Jehu. Like Saul. Like David. Like Gideon. Holiness is the greatest shield we can use to ward off the attack of satan and his cohorts. We should strive to live a life free of sin. We can never go wrong when we flee all appearance of sins. This is difficult, but we can ask God to give us the grace to live uprightly.
Psalm 84:11says: “FOR THE LORD GOD IS A SUN AND SHIELD: THE LORD WILL GIVE GRACE AND GLORY: NO GOOD THING WILL HE WITHHOLD FROM THEM THAT WALK UPRIGHTLY.” When you walk uprightly, the Lord God, who is the sun and the shield, will not withhold any good thing from you.
If God gives you every good thing because you walk uprightly, who is that Jupiter that would deny you of those good things?
To obtain all good things from the Almighty God, it is your responsibility to WALK UPRIGHTLY. And until I come your way soon, go and live victoriously!
PS: part two of this article will come your way soon. Watch out for it and make sure you don’t miss it!

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