Worshipping Our Destiny and Desires

by Samuel Febres

I loved this post from my friend Ross, that I’m just going to copy-and-paste the whole thing here for those who may not read his blog. Read below as he writes about misappropriating scripture to help us shape and worship our destinies as opposed to knowing GOD.

Sometimes as Christians, especially in America, we worship our destinies. Now before you say, “No way, I don’t do that.” Let me challenge you. It is my belief, and I’ve said it many times that I think Jeremiah 29:11 is one of the worst exegeted scriptures in America. Its misquoted and applied wrong more than many others in my opinion.

We all know the verse, “For I know the plans I have for you.” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.” (NIV) Doesn’t that sound nice and just give you goose pimples, as the weird Brits would say.

Well hear lies the problem, that scripture was not directed to you as an individual but rather to the nation of Israel. Now I still believe that we can take from that scripture that God actually does have plans for me and they are good. My problem with it is the way its always preached. In America I think there is an overemphasis on MY PERSONAL DESTINY. Is there any place in the Bible that its ever about us. Heck no.

I think we get to wrapped up in our own destiny sometimes and we just ask what am I going to do, what am I going to do, and we sound like whiny babies, when its very clear that the “prize,” the goal, is knowing Christ.

The other thing I think we can take from this scripture is that our destiny is most times found in relation to the people God has placed in our lives, not in a relational vacuum.

There is such a spirit of individualism in America, it definitely seeps into our Christianity as well.

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