Follow Your Heart

There is always a way to follow your heart toward your divine destiny. Even if it seems to be "on hold" for a season. For example, maybe you are going through a period of discipline where you feel confined to the mundane, seemingly purposeless existence that must always accompany the disciplinary process. You can't see how from where you stand right now that God could possibly be leading you toward your destiny. If this is your situation right now, remember that you have a Father in Heaven who is faithful. His purposes are sure. They always come to pass...all the time, no exceptions.

Hebrews 12: 7-8 tells us this: "So accept your sufferings as if they were a father's punishment. God does these things to you as a father punishing his sons. All sons are punished by their fathers. If you are never punished (and every son must be punished), you are not true children and not really sons.

This is good news for the Christian. You see, we are His sons and we are told by this text that we "must be punished" or disciplined. But does this mean that He has given up on us? Of course not! He has not given up on us therefore, we should not give up on him. Instead we have this confidence that God always disciplines us in love and with a full view toward restoration so that we can once again become what we were meant to be and fulfill our destiny in Christ. If you are under "discipline" right now, walk toward the light every single day, one day at a time. Be faithful in the little things that He provides for you to do. "Don't despise small beginnings." Keep yourself completely humble. Start each day with a tender heart that says, "What's next Father?" then wait until you get an answer and then do what He says. You will reach your destiny because "He who began a good work in you, will be faithful to complete it." Repairing and restoring your "temporarily flawed character" to fulfill your destiny is the responsibility of a loving heavenly Father who wants you to get there more than you do. Do I hear an Amen?