Fireproof Your Future

Future - How to Achieve Your True Destiny God's Way

You will never achieve the true destiny you were created to experience and fulfill if you are just trusting in your understanding and five physical senses. You need to go beyond yourself and your five physical senses. You need to trust in someone other than yourself. You need to trust in someone who has infinite intelligence and ability. Someone who loves you unconditionally and desires only your best. You need to trust God.

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil" (Proverbs 3:5,6 KJV).

This article will teach you in 3 Steps how to wean yourself from trusting in yourself and begin trusting in God. You will enter the glorious world of faith where you will have access by faith to God's wisdom, unlimited abilities and resources allowing Him to chart your course and help you in achieving your divine destiny, a destiny that will bring glory to God. Here are the 3 steps:

Step 1 - You must be born again. To be born again means you become born of God by receiving Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Being born of God means you have become a Christian and you have received a new nature:

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV).

If you are not saved, prayerfully and with sincerity ask Jesus Christ to come into your life and give you the grace (His willingness to release His power and ability on your behalf) to live the holy and obedient life He has called you to live. This will set you on the right path to fulfill your divine destiny.

Step 2 - You must be baptized with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. The Holy Spirit is to be your guide through life. His work in your life is multifaceted. He is to be your helper, standby, comforter, counselor, intercessor, strengthener, advocate, guide and teacher. Being the Spirit of revelation, He will reveal Jesus Christ to you. Here are a few scriptures concerning the baptism of the Holy Spirit:

"And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance" (Acts 2:4 KJV).

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call" (Acts 2:38,39 KJV).

One of the greatest benefits of praying in tongues is the Holy Spirit can pray the perfect prayer for those hidden weaknesses in your life that would hinder God's plan for your life. Romans 8:26,27 expounds on this important benefit of praying in tongues.

You can be saved without receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit, but you will never fulfill your true destiny while on earth because you will have failed to obey God. He tells us in Ephesians 5:18 to "be filled with the Spirit." You cannot be filled with the Spirit unless you have received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Step 3 - You must read and obey the instructions given in God's Word. The Holy Bible is your instruction manual for living on earth. It is God's love letter to you. It explains who God is, why He created all things, why you exist, why you need to be saved, what you become once you are saved, what your inheritance is as a saved child of God and what God would have you to do to please Him to fulfill your true destiny as a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Here are some basic things God would have you do when you become a Christian. This will please Him and begin to fulfill His true destiny for your life:

1. Attend an evangelical church. An evangelical church emphasizes "salvation by faith in the atoning (reconciling) death of Jesus Christ through personal conversion, the authority of Scripture, and the importance of preaching as contrasted with ritual."

A. Get involved in a local church to be used of God.

B. Fellowship with other Christians.

C. Avoid relationships and activities that would jeopardize your walk with the Lord.

2. Be baptized in water according to Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:38 and Acts 8:36-38

3. Be baptized in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues according to 

Acts 2:4

4. Read and obey God's Word daily according to 2 Timothy 2:15

A. Study His Word.

B. Meditate His Word.

C. Speak His Word.

5. Pray daily according to 1 Corinthians 14:15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:17 

A. Pray with your understanding.

B. Pray in tongues.

C. Spend a quite time listening to and getting to know the Holy Spirit.

6. Worship the Lord Jesus Christ according to Psalm 29:1,2 and John 4:23,24

A. Have a time of private worship.

B. Have corporate worship in your local church.

7. Witness according to Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-20 and 2 Timothy 4:2 

A. Share your testimony with the lost.

B. Let your life be a witness to the transforming power of God in your life which will 

bring glory to Jesus Christ.

C. Use wisdom in sharing Jesus Christ with others. Pray God will use you effectively 

in sharing Jesus Christ with others so you will not bring a reproach on the name

of the Lord Jesus Christ by saying or doing the wrong thing.

8. Walk in God's love according to Matthew 22:37-40 and Ephesians 5:1,2

A. Forgive those who have wronged you.

B. Show kindness to everyone, even your enemies.

C. Pray for your enemies.

9. Be holy according to 1 Peter 1:15,16 

A. Think on thoughts (the promises of God etc.) pleasing to God. 

B. Turn from all sin.

C. If you do sin, ask God the Father in Jesus' name to forgive you and help you to live 

a holy life.

10. Do the works commanded you by Jesus according to Mark 16:15- 20

A. Cast out demons.

B. Speak with new tongues.

C. Lay hands on the sick for their recovery.

This should get you started on a journey that will progressively get better and more exciting as you make the wise and quality decision to love and serve God with all your heart and soul. Trust the Lord to unfold and reveal to you step by step what your specific assignment and role is in the Body of Christ. His destiny for you is glorious. Enjoy the journey.

Remember to always walk in love and forgiveness towards everyone, always obeying God's Word so you don't hinder His perfect will for your life. But if you don't read His Word how will you know what to obey? Please read His Word daily so you will know what to obey, thus fulfilling His will for your life