By Kriston Couchey
My Highest Purpose Fulfilled
Any one exposed to and receiving prophetic ministry has probably received "destiny" words that give promises and clarity concerning the purpose for which they were created. My understanding of a spiritual destiny being fulfilled used to be the obtaining of the highest place and authority the Lord has promised.
The Road to your Destiny
Unlike the world's idea of success and fulfillment, the way in which a believers purposes are fulfilled is by coming to the place of realization that position and authority are not the highest purposes of a Christian. Many (including myself) have pursued and clung to the hope of a great destiny without realizing we are simply repeating the request of the Sons of Zebedee.
Matt. 20:20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping him, and asking a certain thing of him. 21 And he said unto her, What wouldest thou? She saith unto him, Command that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left hand, in thy kingdom. 22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say unto him, We are able.
There Is a Cup To Drink
There is a cup to drink; a cup of death to self-exalting dreams. We ask God to fulfill our destinies and are shocked when the first thing He asks is for us to stop ministering to people and working for Him and come away with Him into a wilderness of obscurity and intimacy.
We find we are powerless to do anything apart from Him and the passion He places in us. We become dependant on Him and His great mercy in the midst of our failure. We are no longer concerned with a great destiny anymore, but we begin to live to please Him in all things. We learn to trust what He says in spite of what our failure and sin would say.
Realizing our Highest Purpose
After walking with the Lord as our sole source and comfort, we realize that our highest purpose was not to become great in position and authority, but it is now to become great in our Love and Obedience to Jesus, the Lover of our souls.
Our Highest purpose has now become to stand before Him blameless and holy, willing to give all for Him. The lesser purposes of place and authority can be released to us with the confidence that these will no longer be the driving force of our lives.
In Him
Kriston Couchey
The Road to your Destiny
Unlike the world's idea of success and fulfillment, the way in which a believers purposes are fulfilled is by coming to the place of realization that position and authority are not the highest purposes of a Christian. Many (including myself) have pursued and clung to the hope of a great destiny without realizing we are simply repeating the request of the Sons of Zebedee.
Matt. 20:20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping him, and asking a certain thing of him. 21 And he said unto her, What wouldest thou? She saith unto him, Command that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left hand, in thy kingdom. 22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say unto him, We are able.
There Is a Cup To Drink
There is a cup to drink; a cup of death to self-exalting dreams. We ask God to fulfill our destinies and are shocked when the first thing He asks is for us to stop ministering to people and working for Him and come away with Him into a wilderness of obscurity and intimacy.
We find we are powerless to do anything apart from Him and the passion He places in us. We become dependant on Him and His great mercy in the midst of our failure. We are no longer concerned with a great destiny anymore, but we begin to live to please Him in all things. We learn to trust what He says in spite of what our failure and sin would say.
Realizing our Highest Purpose
After walking with the Lord as our sole source and comfort, we realize that our highest purpose was not to become great in position and authority, but it is now to become great in our Love and Obedience to Jesus, the Lover of our souls.
Our Highest purpose has now become to stand before Him blameless and holy, willing to give all for Him. The lesser purposes of place and authority can be released to us with the confidence that these will no longer be the driving force of our lives.
In Him
Kriston Couchey
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