We’re continuing our series on How to Steward Your Destiny. I’ve already written about how to seek wise counsel - that’s something I’ve been doing the last couple of weeks as I’m seeking God for timing of prophetic answers – in this post we’ll talk about the principle of looking to what you have in your nature.
I’m assuming you have a prophetic word, but what if you don’t? It doesn’t mean God isn’t interested in your destiny. It may simply mean you’ve never been in a place to get or understand a prophetic word. That’s not a problem, there are three things you can do to find out God’s plans for your life.
- Image by Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung via Flickr
Let’s look at the first one today.
- Consider Your Nature
God loves how He’s made you. The gifts and passions are not mistakes. You weren’t born into the wrong family to pick up bad habits. Sure, we all need to get over some of them. But He’s given us a unique perspective and passion to live. It’s good. It’s valuable. It’s holy.
Stop thinking God’s a kill-joy that will only ask you to do things that you say, “I’ll never do….” That’s not Biblical and yet I hear it from the most amazing people.
What’s Biblical is the Father knit you together in your mother’s womb and wrote all your days in a book before one of them came to be. (Psalm 139:13-16) We wants the best for you and has given you your dream.
Here’s questions you can ask yourself to start defining those dreams:
What games did you play as a child? What dreams did you daydream about? What’s the one thing you would be doing if money was not a problem? These can all be clues to your destiny.
Take it a step further and see God’s hand in places you might not consider looking.
What upsets you? What ticks you off? What makes you angry?
Anger is not the problem. It’s when we sin in our anger that we don’t reflect the nature of God. (Ephesians 4:26-27) We can be upset at sin and injustice and pain and suffering and completely have the Father’s heart. It reveals part of the treasure He’s entrusted you.
Just make sure to ask God if it’s your problem that you get upset at the person in front of you who has 14 items in the 12 item line or if it’s a reflection of His Divine revelation of justice. I’m not saying it’s one or the other. God will let you know when you ask.
What is in your nature that God has given you? Stop looking at it as if you’re in a battle against it. The enemy has tired to corrupt it and make you see it as bad. Christ came to redeem everything in you.
Does this make sense to you? I’d love to have your comments on it so we can discuss it more fully. In my next post we’ll look at looking to our passion to see our destiny.
Excellent thoughts Rev Trev! Love it. I think that as we match our passion to our talents–the things we love to do–and match THAT with a deep intimate desire to love and obey God…Well…I believe that puts us in position to be in the place God desires.
Sometimes there is a waiting pattern…but it’s easy to wait when you know that in God’s perfect place is perfect peace, perfect grace, and abundant provision for the vision!
Keep up the great work and thank you for YOUR spirit of excellence!
Theresa
Thanks Theresa
Love your ministry. God spoke to me through one of your videos on the women with oil. I’ve seen a lot of truth around hope from your message. I can send you a review copy of “Hope in Transition” if you’d like to review it.
Blessings
I really like what you are doing here. This line of discovery is one that so many people seek guidance on. Your perspective on how we view our nature – not a battle to fight against but a purpose to embrace in Christ – really strikes a chord for me.
Thanks for consistently making yourself vulnerable so that others may grow through your journey! You demonstrate servant leadership in a wonderful and relevant way via social media and I really appreciate your ministry
Grace and Joy,
JoAnne