A search on ChristianBook.com for books on “destiny” yielded 1,122 results! One definition for the word I found online was “something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune.” It is now a popular subject for many preachers on how to find your destiny. A more careful use of words would save a lot of confusion in the lives of Christians motivated by these teachings.
Your destiny and mine is really quite simple. Jesus said, “In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:2-3 NKJV). You don’t need to go to Bible College to understand those verses. My destiny is to be where Christ is forever! And I can safely leave that in God’s hands.
But what about our present? It is now that we need help, living in this world of sin and sorrow. As the chorus of the old hymn says (This World is Not My Home), “Oh Lord, you know I have no friend like you, if heaven’s not my home, then Lord what will I do? The angels beckon me from heaven’s open door, and I can’t feel at home in this world any more.”
God, our rich, prospering, heavenly Father, through the work of Jesus on the cross, has provided amply for our present. One of my favorite verses over many years is John 10:10b, “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (KJV). By life, Jesus means eternal life (verse 28) and “more abundantly” means to keep on having a surplus (Robertson’s “Word Pictures”). Well, that certainly speaks to me still after more than 60 years since I heard Oral Roberts teach on that verse.
Some other translations: “I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows)” (Amplified). “I came that they may have life eonian
Once you become a believer, your destiny is assured. In the meantime, “God will take care of you, through every day, o’er all the way.” Teachings on destiny, or expositions of Daniel and Revelation, pale into insignificance when compared to Paul’s revelation of the grace and love of God. Let’s major on the major truths and keep our eyes fixed on Jesus! — Peter Wade
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Joh 14:2 In my Father’s house are many mansions:((G3438)) if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
G3438
μονή
monē
mon-ay’
From G3306; a staying, that is, residence (the act or the place): – abode, mansion
Joh 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode ((G3438)) with him.
Mansion and abode, the same word is used.
Jesus is the Fathers House. He went (Cross, Blood, Death, Burial, Resurrection and subsequent return in the fulfillment of Pentecost by HIS SPIRIT. The Glorified Son of God.) and prepared a place in Himself for us that never existed before. We abide in Him. He abides in us. No longer visitation it is now habitation.
Great word Bro Keep up the great teaching,You,re agreat blessing.
Dear Peter and Vivien,
I am so blessed by everything that you teach and the newsletters that you send out I read them faithfully. The internet radio is also a great blessing and very helpful for keeping ones sense of balance in day to day life. I could read my copy and all the other copies of bibles that I have and not get as much value out of it as when I hear truth spoken and taught gently and intelligently. God will continue to Bless you Richly in all things!
Love in Christ,
Claudia
That’s about the best and easiest to understand I’ve ever heard it said, Mr. Wade.
God Bless!
Matt
What a wonderful perspective on our destiny. The heavy lifting God has already provided in Christ, and our eternity is sealed! To live out that eternal provision is the adventure we live moment by moment as we abide in him! Thank you for writing these inspirational and correctional mini-epistles! They are more than enough to digest until the next one!
Much love,
Guy