God has a way of causing everything in your life to work out for His glory The Bible says that He will give us beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness that we may be called trees (NASB – oaks) of righteousness.

God has promised that He will work all things after the counsel of His will, that He will cause all things to work together for your good. As He lives outside of time, when He gives a promise, He made that promise already knowing how you were going to spend the rest of your life. In other words, your destiny is not dependent on you not screwing up.

For years I lived with a fear of missing God, thinking that while He had a plan it was up to me to know the plan and follow it closely to see my destiny fulfilled. While I didn’t have to be perfect, any significant mistake would cause me to delay the fulfillment of that plan. As my days on earth were finite, it was possible to make enough mistakes to cause me to miss the plan or simply run out of time. There were two huge errors in that mindset. The first was that my destiny was at a point in time, when I reached a particular station in life. Until I reached that place I was heading towards my destiny but still not living in my destiny. The second error was that my destiny was primarily dependent on me not making too many mistakes.

I have now come to realize that my destiny isn’t a place, isn’t at a point in time. It’s not even the journey itself. My destiny lies in who I am. The Bible says that we are, “predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son”. In other words, my destiny is to live my life as a beloved child of God, to learn to live as Jesus lived. I can do that now, regardless of where I am or what station I am at in my life. While it is true that I will mature over time, I am a son of God during that whole maturation process which means that as I am maturing I am in my destiny. I don’t reach my destiny when I become mature, anymore than I become a son after I reach a certain level of maturity In fact it’s the converse. Maturity comes from already living in my destiny as His beloved son or daughter as I go through this life.

Destiny is not a place, a point in time. Your destiny is lived out as you walk with God each and every day.