There was a frog that absolutely knew his destiny was to turn in to a handsome, young prince.
But for confirmation, he decided to visit a fortuneteller.
The fortuneteller brought the frog in and gazed into her crystal ball.
She said, “Oh, I see something. You are going to meet a beautiful young woman.”
The frog gets very antsy, “Yes, I knew it. I’m going to become a prince.”
The fortuneteller continues, “From the moment she sets eyes on you she will have an insatiable desire to know all about you.
She will be compelled to get close to you–you’ll fascinate her.”
The frog is very excited.
He asks, “Where am I? At a singles club?”
The fortuneteller answers, “No, Biology class.”
Sometimes it is not good to know your destiny!
In Job 23:14 we read:
“So He will do to me whatever he has planned. He controls my destiny.”
In Psalm 73:24, it says:
“You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny.”
As believers in Christ, it is good to know our destiny!
Here are some things we are destined for:
1) We are destined for the Rapture when we will receive out resurrected bodies like Christ.
Philippians 3:20-21 says:
“But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for Him to return as our Savior. He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like His own, using the same power with which He will bring everything under His control.”
2) We are destined to escape the Tribulation Period.
1 Thessalonians 5:9, which is in the context of the Tribulation, says this:
“For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
3) We are destined to reign with Christ in his earthly kingdom on earth.
Revelation 20:6:
“Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. For them the second death holds no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him a thousand years.”
4) We are destined to live eternally with Christ in the New Jerusalem on the new earth.
Revelation 22:3-4 says:
“There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.”
Christian author, Max Lucado, tells about the time he had to catch an early flight.
He was really tired and dozed off while waiting for the plane.
Suddenly he was roused from his sleep by the noise of a crowd moving toward the boarding ramp.
He hurriedly gathered his belongings and joined them.
When he took his seat on the plane, he slipped into another nap.
Sometime later he awakened to the bright morning sun shining through the window.
He heard the flight attendant announce their estimated time of arrival in Houston.
The problem was, he was supposed to be going to Denver!
Awakening in the terminal and seeing the crowd boarding the plane, he had simply followed along—and boarded the wrong plane.
He did not reach his destiny!
Praise the Lord, we will reach our destiny!
Blessings!
Pastor Ken Keeler, Director of Church Ministries