READ YOUR RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL. A GLORIOUS DESTINY - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23RD, 2016.
Just
as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be
holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as
sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to
the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the
Beloved (Ephesians 1:4-6 NKJV).
Our
opening scripture reveals something profound about our destiny in God. Read the
fifth and sixth verses again, this time, from the Amplified translation: “For
He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted
(revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the
purpose of His will [because it pleased Him and was His kind intent]-- [So that
we might be] to the praise and the commendation of His glorious grace (favor
and mercy), which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.”
It’s
our destiny to live to the praise of God’s grace; He chose and destined us for
the glorious and transcendent life. So, as a Christian, you’re not living for
nothing; your life isn’t empty. 1 Peter 2:9 says, “But ye are a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth
the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness
into his marvelous light.” This is your calling; this is your destiny in Christ! It has to become real to you.
into his marvelous light.” This is your calling; this is your destiny in Christ! It has to become real to you.
Why
are you alive? What’s your reason for being? Why were you born? Why did you
ever come? It’s to fulfil God’s destiny for your life! And part of that destiny
is that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues,
perfections, excellence, and wisdom of Him who called you out of darkness into
His marvelous light. The Bible says He’s doing this “According to the eternal
purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
You
have a glorious destiny in God; a destiny of greatness. It’s however important
that you follow God’s Word and live by the principles of the Kingdom.
PRAYER:
Dear Father, I thank you for giving me a purpose and destiny in life, a destiny of greatness! I live the glorious and transcendent life, fulfilling that purpose, in my expression of your virtues, perfections, excellence, and wisdom, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Dear Father, I thank you for giving me a purpose and destiny in life, a destiny of greatness! I live the glorious and transcendent life, fulfilling that purpose, in my expression of your virtues, perfections, excellence, and wisdom, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER
STUDY:
2 Thessalonians 1:11(KJV) Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: 1:12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 1:11(KJV) Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: 1:12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians
4:17(KJV) And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast
received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
BIBLE
READING PLAN
1-Year Bible Reading Plan:
Luke 5:1-16; Deut. 25-27
1-Year Bible Reading Plan:
Luke 5:1-16; Deut. 25-27
2-Year
Bible Reading Plan:
Romans 2:12-20; Psalm 91
Romans 2:12-20; Psalm 91
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