Destiny Hurdles

5 June 2011

 

1. Introduction

- Our life is pictured as a marathon race with a prize to be won at the end.

- Every person born into the world has a unique God given destiny and a race   

   to fulfil it.

- Hurdle = a barrier in a race that each contestant must leap over in order to

   complete the race.

- Today we want to identify some of the “Destiny Hurdles” to recognise and

   leap over.

 

2. Your Desires and Destiny are deeply connected

 

(a) God has created a unique destiny for each of us

 

(b) God wants to co-labour with us not control us

 

E.g.Gen2:19 Adam

 

E.g. Mk.16:20 apostles – “God working with them”

 

(c) Your Desires help position you to fulfil your Destiny

 

(d) God raises our Vision to Align with His Plan

 

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3. Leaping over Destiny Hurdles

Here are some Destiny Hurdles:

 

(i) Take Full Personal Responsibility for your life (Rom. 14:12)

·         Must discover and own desires, passions, thoughts, actions, mistakes, feelings.

·         Victim Mentality – someone else is responsible, someone else is to blame.  

 

(ii) Plan and set goals

·         Ecc.5:3 A dream comes through much activity.

·         Prov. 16:9 Amos heart plans his way but the Lord directs his steps.

·         Without focus of goals we become distracted and sidetracked.

 

(iii) Work hard – apply yourself

·         Prov. 13:4 “The soul of the lazy man desires but has nothing …”

·         Prov. 21:25 “The desire of the lazy man kills him for he refuses to labour”.

 

(iv) Persevere – Don’t Quit!

·         Heb. 10:35-36 You have need of endurance.

·         Persevere when there is pressure, pain – keep focussed on dream.

 

(v) Resolve Personal issues from your Past

·         Heb. 11:15

·         Unresolved hurts, grief’s, bitterness hinder destiny.

·         E.g. Michel – David’s wife was bitter – failed to enter destiny as Queen.

 

(vi) Develop Your Core Beliefs

·         Prov.4:23 “Out of heart flow the issues of life”

·         Prov.27:3 How/what you believe determines how you interact with life.

 

(vii) Develop Your Skills and Talents

·         Invest in yourself – in training and personal development.

·         Mt. 13:24 Kingdom of heaven like man who sowed.

·         Everything starts small – must be nurtured.

 

(viii) Develop Supportive Relationships

·         Prov. 27:6 “Faithful are the wounds of a friend”.

·         Need relationships – connections to fulfil destiny.

 

(ix) Develop Devotion and Delight in the Lord

·         Ps. 37:4 Delight self in the Lord

·         As we take delight in Him and meditate in the Word of God – blessing and favour.

 

(x) Develop a Kingdom World View

·         Mt. 11:12 Kingdom of heaven suffers violence – violent possess by force.

·         Rapture/Revival mentality = people waiting for God to move.

·         Kingdom is here now – we must advance it in our area of influence.