Fufill Your Destiny

What is Destiny?
Destiny is what God has predetermined you to be and become, in His divine will. God has already chosen a destined work, ministry, soul mate and future for each of us. This was the same for those in the bible. They were given great destinies but most of them ended up aborting His plan for their lives. Sure, they started out right and were moving in the way of the Lord, but in the end, they missed God’s destiny for their lives.
Let’s Look At an Example
Saul
During his youth, Saul was the most handsome among the men of Israel’ From his shoulders upwards, he was taller than any of the people. I am sure that many people had envied and disliked him because he was better off. From the time that you start noticing that some folks just seem to hate you for no reason at all or are never pleased with whatever you do; it is then you become sure that a great future lay ahead of you. You will have to face many oppositions, that’s a given.
Back to Saul…
When Samuel first laid his eyes on Saul, the Lord said, “Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! “It is he who shall rule over my people.”(1 Sam 9:17) The Lord was actually saying, “Take a good look, Samuel. This is the man I have ordained from heaven to lead Israel!”
Can you imagine that? The Creator of heaven and earth singled out a youth to rule or better still, reign over the nation of Israel. Why not someone older? What did he do to deserve such recognition? Nothing. The only thing that could have qualified him for such was humility and lowliness n the Spirit.
“And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him and he prophesied and was turned into another man.”(1 Sam 10:10)    Can you beat that God wasn’t with him? Of course, God was always with him, putting him back on track.
The same goes to us. We have to put God first in our lives. When he uses us to do His will, we should be willing to obey him because he handpicked us out of the billions of youths in the world.
Saul was a man destined by God to lead Israel and God was with him. What more wonderful things could be said about him? At an early stage in life (maybe in his late twenties), he was already living a fulfilled life.
But, Saul disobeyed God and he began to fall apart. He had walked in his destiny for only a short period of time (approx. 2 years) -- yet God fully intended that Saul live out his days with the Lord’s blessings.
The Lord had desired that Saul be remembered as the man who delivered Israel from the bondage of the Philistines.
But Saul missed his destiny! He began to disintegrate, caving in to his need for human applause and acceptance. He made compromises to attain these things -- and he missed God’s plan for his life. God departed from him and answered him no more.
So you can now see for yourself that a person could be called to a great, divine purpose, walking in God’s blessing and anointing -- and then suddenly go off on a tangent, serving himself and ending up abandoned by God.
Saul died in shame -- forsaken by God.
These words might easily have been written on his tombstone; “The man who missed his destiny.”