Destiny is not a Strppers Name

Destiny is not a Strippers Name

The word destiny has been perverted. Strippers have taken it and used it as an alias. Songs have been written about the word like it is some kind of mystical event that happens only in some kind of cosmic event. What has happened is pure distraction. The truth is we all have destiny.  It is the direction of our lifes course the end result and weather good or bad we all will end up somewhere . Destination is the root word. Its not a pop group its not the name of a pet. Destiny is the place we will end up…And it is not something that happens by accident… the destiny we end up with is the result of a series of life’s choices that we deliberately make . Excuses and blaming other people will not change the destiny only making right choices in tough times will.

When my life has gotten a little bit difficult when my life has experienced resistance in the past. The type of person I defaulted to was inevitably bad.  It set me on a course of being homeless and addicted to drugs.  Nothing that happened to me in my life set me on that course. And sure in my life I have like all of us have experienced some raw deals but the decisions I made in those circumstances revealed the character of the man I was becoming and was.  So much of my behavior was based on the pain of being wronged in some way that I alone  made deicisons to do wrong to eliminate the pain temporarily. I was arrested several times by law enforcement agencies that did not do the job. It was not till I was arrested by Jesus Christ that my mindset began to change…

The process was initially difficult. Because pain is a common occurrence in life..and none of us are ever going to escape being hurt.  And being saved and in the Body of Christ did not initially change my reactions or behavior in those circumstances.  I loved Jesus but it was a self centered love that I was only willing to give while things were going 100% my way.  It did not make me unsaved it just made me immature.  I was missing the fact that Jesus Christ did not just die on the cross He resurrected from the tomb. And He did so so that I too could live a resurrected life.  I struggled with being hurt. I struggled with being rejected. I struggled with my identity and knowing who I was….and getting saved and accepting Christ into my life did not change those core issues…it just magnified them. 

My destiny began to change the moment I am faced with being rejected or not accepted and I choose to still love the people who are not accepting or are rejecting me. My destiny changed in an amazing way when people I loved and respected and adored with my whole heart did not return that love and instead of looking selfishly inward I began looking vertically to the Lord and it was then that His relationship with me began to blossom….and without even realizing it he placed me around a group of people who love me despite me and I offer nothing to their lives.

Our destiny is a choice. Our life today is a choice. I have a destiny and it is grand and great today and it is not because I say so its because of what God says about me. Today I woke up and I am faced with the knowledge that there are people who don’t like me. There are people who wont receive me or the things I have to say…and today it is ok because I am hid in Christ and he accepts me just the way that I am…and that helps keep me sober today because finaly He is my Joy!!!

I used to spend dollar bills chasing destiny that was only destruction ..today my destiny is a gift not a stripper or gram of meth. It’s a place of peace and love . We can all have this destiny but it starts with us making this right decision right now when things are difficult …I like the way the  bible puts it…I set before you life and death ….choose life.