Do you have the faith to stand alone and trust God to handle the details of your circumstances? “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for; the conviction of things not seen” (Heb 11:1). Do you believe God when He tells you something, as recorded in the Bible? “For God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and love and a sound mind” (2 Tim 1:7). This describes a believer living by faith, not fear. Your power to live by faith comes from the filling of the Holy Spirit and learning and trusting His Word. Without faith, it is impossible to please God.

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There are three phases to God’s plan for your life. Phase one is salvation. Phase two is time on earth. Phase three is eternity. Once you’ve accepted Christ as your Savior, you know your ultimate destiny is to spend eternity in heaven with God. How will you know your destiny in phase two? By studying the Word of God under the teaching of a qualified pastor. With the filling of the Holy Spirit (using rebound) and consistent Bible study and application, you will find and understand your destiny. “Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know” (Jer 33:3). God’s plan for you is much bigger, much more amazing than the plans you have for yourself.

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Occupation with Christ is one of the greatest problem-solving devices. “To put on the Lord Jesus Christ” (Rom 13:14). It is focusing your thoughts on Him “Put your eyes on Him the author and finisher of our faith” (Heb 12:2). Jesus came into this world as the undiminished deity and true humanity in one body, the God-Man. As man, Jesus Christ faced the same things we face, and He had to use His Father’s Word. Being occupied with Christ is thinking as He thought, and you can only do this by knowing Him through studying His Word. “And come to know the love for Christ that goes beyond knowledge so that you may be filled with the fullness of God” (Eph 3:19). You haven’t been told by God to straighten out others or the devil’s world. You’ve been told to “Lift up Christ, the hope of glory” (Col 1:27).

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Sharing the happiness of God is an amazing problem-solving device. It is a state of your soul. Capacity for happiness can be enjoyed in living and dying. “Happy is the person who keeps the laws of divine establishment” (Prov 29:18). How do you get this happiness? Acquire the mind of Christ. Be consistent in your spiritual life. Being happy is a mandate from God. “Keep on having happiness in the Lord” (Phil 3:1). The Lord is our source of happiness. You will never be happy until you are absolutely sure you are in the plan of God. God’s grace provision of His happiness brings contentment. “I will rejoice and be happy in the provisions of Your grace” (Ps 31:7).

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You can have fantastic happiness, security, and tranquility. Jesus told His disciples and us, “I have told you these things that My happiness may be in you and your happiness might be fulfilled” (John 15:11). The Word of God teaches us how to have true happiness. Happiness is a state of mind. “Happiness belongs to those who hear My Father’s Word and keep it” (Luke 11:27-28). All momentum in the Christian life is related to learning and keeping God’s Word. “Happy is the one who finds wisdom and obtains understanding” (Prov 3:13). Wisdom and understanding must be learned. You don’t inherit either. True happiness is contentment. Contentment is a blessing from God for those who learn and follow His plan for their lives. Capacity for happiness must precede the function of happiness. The two go together. Paul said, “Whether I have a lot or a little, I have learned to be content” (Phil 4:12).

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To glorify God to the maximum you need to love Him. Personal love for God motivates you to obey Him. “If you love Me, you will obey Me” (1 John 5:3). Personal love for people is not commanded in the Bible. Impersonal love for others is a mandate from God. “Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the Truth, have a genuine love for one another, deeply from the heart” (1 Pet 1:22). Impersonal love is based on the virtue of the one doing the loving, not the one receiving the love. Personal love for God is based on the filling of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God in your soul. Emotions are designed by God to appreciate a relationship but never to establish the relationship.

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Personal love for God motivates you to use a divine viewpoint, to think with the mind of Christ. “If you love Me, you will obey Me” (1 John 5:3). Personal love for God is your motivation to use impersonal love with others. So when you love God, you are reciprocating God’s love for you. “We love Him because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19). How do you know if you love God? You obey Him. You stay filled with the Holy Spirit. You advance daily in God’s Word. Loving God develops the capacity for you to love others. Divine wisdom and knowledge are the banks that contain love and keep it from becoming an emotional overload. “This is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight” (Phil 1:9).

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Who will control your thinking and, therefore, your life? Will it be God the Holy Spirit or your sin nature? This is the moment-by-moment, decision-by-decision dilemma every believer faces. “Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts” (Rom 6:12). The mentality of your soul is the battlefield where you must be tactically successful to glorify God. “Walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh” (Gal 5:16). Yes, you’ll continue to fail, and you’ll never stop sinning, but you can stop throwing yourself pity parties (taking your eyes off God) and keep short accounts with God (confess your sin to God immediately). “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9). Stop looking back and keep striving forward. “Forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead” (Phil 3:13).

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Personal love for God is your greatest motivation. ”You shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart, with all of your soul and with all of your mind. This is the first mandate.” (Matt 22:37). The only way to love God is to know Him and to understand Him. When God’s Word is taught, the rain comes and nourishes and your spiritual life grows. The love test—if you love God you will obey Him. “If you love Me, you will obey Me” (1 John 5:3). Without personal love for God, there’s no motivation to study, grow or glorify Him. “Though you have not seen Him, you love Him ... you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory” (1 Pet 1:8).

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When you have a sense of destiny you don’t have to worry because you know Jesus Christ controls history and He guarantees you an eternal destiny through Him. Success in your spiritual life, and understanding your destiny in time depends on your attitude to learning and applying the Word of God. You have three enemies: the world, the flesh, and the devil. The world will distract you. The flesh will destroy you. Satan will deceive you. The three Ds. The most powerful thing in the world is the truth of the Word of God. You need to learn it to know your personal sense of destiny. “I will delight to do Your will O my God” (Ps 40:8). Focusing on God’s will for your life is having a sense of destiny. Your destiny in time is to be an ambassador of your Heavenly Father representing Christ to the dying world. Become the man or woman God intended you to be, fulfill your personal sense of destiny, and you will hear “Well done, My good and faithful servant” when you get to heaven.

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