Move from Desperation to Destiny!

One of my mentors, Dr. Harold E. O'Chester, had many dreams for his first family. But while on his way to a preaching engagement many years ago he lost his wife, the baby in her womb, and two other children in a car accident. One of the great heroic preachers of our day, Dr. Adrian Rogers, had dreams for each of his children. But he buried one of his babies years ago after death.

One of the greatest soul-winners I know, Dr. Darrell Robinson, buried his first wife to cancer. My friend, Ike Reighard, expecting his first child, ended up burying his first baby and wife after she died in cardiac arrest in the delivery room. You see, God always creates desperation in people's lives.  -excerpted from "When God Creates Desperation In Your Life" by Ronnie Floyd. 

I believe God is in control of everything. I believe God is committed to getting all of His children lined up in total commitment to Him. He accomplishes this many times by creating desperation in your life. That desperation may be created by loss of job, loss of health, loss of a friend, loss of money or business or land, marriage, loss of a spouse, a family member, or even a child.

Do any of these sound familiar to you? Have you ever found yourself surrounded by people that didn't mean you any good… Perhaps you've found yourself overwhelmed with financial stress and strain… Perhaps you've found yourself going through some type of personal problem within your family life that has caused you to find yourself trapped in the difficulty and dilemma of desperation?

Have you gotten to a point in life where it seems as if the enemy has kept you from the destiny that God has ordained for you? Have you gotten to the point where you’re just about ready to give up? Does it seems like your gumption is gone… Your hope has been halted… Your faith has faltered… And your victory has vanished?

So many times we give up and settle for anything instead of receiving all that God has for us… We blame it on past failures… Past heartaches… Past bitter experiences… But if you’re going to move to your destiny, you've got to let go of the past! We've got to stop allowing the enemy to convince us to return to the things that God has already brought us out of!

If you’re going to move from a desperation to destiny, it’s going to take some effort on your part. There are going to be some prerequisites that must be met... If you’re going to reach your destiny… If you plan to move from desperation to destiny, you've got to…

• Let go of the past. It’s funny how we are constantly living in the past. It’s funny how we concentrate on how things used to be, what we used to have… What we used to do… There’s nothing wrong with memories… It’s good to reminisce, but I want to let you know that you can’t move forward by living in the past…We can never move forward, if we keep looking backwards...The Lord has been constantly proving Himself to us, taking us through dangers seen and unseen. Yet every time He tries to take us to the next level, we stand there looking over our shoulder in retrospect, mulling over the past. The Word of God says that we have to be transformed by the renewing of our mind! It’s only by our renewed thinking that we can move from desperation to our destiny that God has called us to have! 
• Secondly, if you’re going reach your destiny, you've got to look to your faith. Don’t be afraid… Don’t allow the enemy to keep you in the confinement of fear… For fear is NOT of the Lord… In fact fear is OPPOSITE of faith! In spite of all God’s done for us... In spite of the dangers He’s seen us through... We've got to learn how to look to our faith...! Because when you look to your faith you’ll be able to stand still. We've got to learn how to let the Lord fight our battles… We've got to allow God to move in His own time. So many times we want to put God on our own schedule… We want Him to move at our every beck and call… But you need to learn how to wait on God.
• Finally, you've got to launch forward. If you want reach your destiny... If you want to attain and achieve all that God has for you, you've got to launch forward… Into Kingdom Principles… For just as Jesus told the disciples in Luke 5:4 to "Launch out into the deep and lay down your nets for a catch…" I hear the Lord telling us we've got to launch out into the sea of life… And lay down our nets…. Lay down your mindset… Lay down your way of thinking… Lay down your attitude and perception of things… And receive your catch! 

My dear friends, we've got to learn how to go forward in the things of God. If you really want to go forward, you've got to learn how to move at His command. Learn how to go forward in His…

I. Presence: (David & Goliath, 3 Hebrew Boys) 

II. Power: (2 Timothy 1:7, Philippians 4:13)

III. Promise: (Joshua 1:15, Matthew 28:20)

Just launch forward; no matter what comes your way! It’s not that God doesn't want to move, but He’s waiting for you to move in faith!

Scripture: Psalms 46:10; 2 Chronicles 20:17; Isaiah 40:31; 2 Corinthians 4:8-9; Hebrews 7:25; James 4:7

Prayer: Lord God, I pray that you will fill my heart with the blessing of your Holy Spirit. Grant me this day the strength to be temperate in all things, diligent in my duties, and patient under my afflictions. Direct me in all my ways. Give me grace to be just and upright in all my dealings; quiet and peaceable; full of compassion; and ready to do good to all people, according to my abilities and opportunities. For the sake of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen

May your day be blessed, 

Dina