God has given each one of us a destiny to fulfill. Learning to live life with a sense of destiny is life transforming and glorious. Jesus lived His destiny and you and I are called to live ours. It will take trust.

The whole concept of destiny can be very disturbing. Why? It requires trust!

Destiny refers to a course of events that are predetermined. It may be thought of as a future predetermined, whether individually or generally. It is a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the universe (laws). To predestine is to fix upon, decide, or decree in advance; to foreordain or elect by divine will or decree.

I have identified 7 principles for destiny discovery and fulfillment.

1.You have a God-given destiny – Life has meaning because God has made you for something. The purpose of life is to reach for that unique calling (Ephesians 2:10) NKJV – For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

1A – Your destiny requires your cooperation – your destiny will require your cooperation in making God led choices.

2.God designed you uniquely for your destiny – Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” You were specially designed for your destiny –your task was not an afterthought by God – it springs out of your personality, gifts, and the way you are made. When you are walking in your destiny, it fits like a glove. The desires of your heart reflect God’s purpose for your life (Ps 37:4) – Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.

3.Destiny is something you are, not something you do – It is not a predetermined, etched in stone endpoint that you can miss; but a dynamic, ever developing interplay between what we were born to be and what you have done with your life so far. The more you become who you were made to be, the more you will do what you were born to do (Eph 1:4-5) – just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

4.Your whole life prepares you for your destiny – very event and circumstance has meaning, because God leverages each experience to help you accomplish His purpose for your life. The refining transforms you into the image of Christ and prepares you to be part of His bride – (Rom 8:28) – And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

5.Your destiny is bigger than you – Our ultimate fulfillment comes not from pursuing happiness for ourselves, but from bringing life to others for the sake of the Kingdom. If your dream doesn’t involve serving others in a way that stretches you way beyond your limits, then it is not big enough. It really is more blessed to give than to receive (Acts 20:35) – I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

6.You must die to fulfill your destiny – While God’s desire is that we live an abundant life, a direct pursuit of happiness can never reach it. True joy only comes through a sacrificial death to self and a fundamental realignment of our wills with God’s purposes. Only those who lose their life will truly find it – (John 12:24-25) – Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. 25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

7.Living your destiny brings productivity and fulfillment – When you do what you were born to do, you function with maximum effectiveness and exceptional joy in the doing. (flow) Having fun without serving productively does not satisfy. Producing fruit without joy in the process is soul deadening and does not satisfy. Productivity with fulfillment is the symptom of a life aligned with destiny (3 John 1:2-4) – Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. 3 For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

By Matt Platts

It can be hard to fully 100% complete tasks. You begin a task with all the intentions of completing it, but then something more ‘important’ or ‘interesting’ drags you away from it. Soon there are half completed tasks all over the place, and it can lead to stress. It used to happen to me but now I have the knowledge in my mind to get around it. I acquired this knowledge through reading and listening to self development tapes. Luckily you can cut out the hard stuff and comfortably read my blog (wish I could have done that).

I’ve condensed the information into two easy steps. Firstly you need to set deadlines for yourself. Even if you set a deadline and don’t meet it, keep setting new deadlines. You will soon become talented in picking how long tasks will take, and will set deadlines more accurately. In psychological terms, putting a time limit on tasks brings it more clearly into your consciousness. It becomes more real and definite. Imagine telling yourself ‘I must complete this task within four days’, as opposed to ‘I should probably do that at some point’.

Step 1 – For every task set a deadline.

Great job – you have your task and your deadline. Next you must make sure you complete the task 100% before this deadline. This makes a very big difference. Don’t reach the deadline and tell yourself ‘oh that’s pretty much done’ – this will not work. Every time you complete a task 100% before a deadline, amazing things will happen inside of you. You feel good about yourself and your mood soars. You feel fulfillment and a strong desire to do more productive things. It’s as though you climbed another step up in life; progress feels so much better than stagnancy. These powerful postive feelings I will call posicoms (pos(itive)com(pletions)). A steady flow of posicoms are the key to being a very positive and enthusiastic, let alone a very productive person. People without posicoms will cruise through life with small highs. They never really achieve anything, and it’s not until they get their first dose of posicoms do they start achieving things.

Step 2 – Become addicted to posicoms by completing the tasks 100% before the deadline.

Now that you know the steps, here are some tips to maximising them to keep a steady flow of posicoms. Firstly you need to remove all of the bad distractions in your work area. Let me give you an example of how important this can be. When you go for a walk, you always 100% complete your walk. Why? The answer is because you have to get back home. By walking (performing a task) away from your home you are freeing yourself from any distractions that would otherwise prevent you from completing your walk. Thus you always 100% complete it. Let’s apply this.

If you have very good self discipline, then you should be able to complete tasks in any situation. However for us normal people, the best way is to switch up or alter the physical locations you work in. I personally get distracted by the internet; and always find myself aimlessly cruising the net. So to stop this from completing the steps and getting my posicoms the solution was to complete the tasks in an area where I couldn’t access the internet. This could be a library or a room which no internet access. If you are stuck at a desk at work, you could pull out the internet cord and give it someone, telling them not to give it back to you until you have finished. When you begin a task you usually have the good intentions of completing it, so use those good intentions to stop your future self from sabotaging you (yes you have to think about the future you as a different person to you right now). That sentence may need to be re-read to be properly understood.

Tip 1 – Prevent your future self from stopping early – remove yourself from all future distractions at the beginning.

Secondly you need to benchmark yourself. You need to have a goal within a task. Say your task is to produce a 500 word report. Obviously you could smash out 500 words and say that’s 100% complete. The posicoms may flow but they will be a trickle, because you know you could do better. You need to set a goal to produce the report at a level of quality that will get you some kind of external results. For example you could get an external observer (a friend) to critique the article, and make it a benchmark for yourself to always impress your friend. I need to stress that it must be an external benchmark. You can’t be the judge because you can change the benchmark – the benchmark needs to be firmly set in place. Competition is also a very good motivator. If you are performing the same task as other people, then set a benchmark to beat them. Without benchmarks you will not push yourself and gain the great rewards (posicoms).

Tip 2 – Set benchmarks based on external results to propel yourself to full completion

Write out the two steps and the two tips (if you want) and make them visible at your work area. It may be hard at first, but once you feel the powerful posicoms you will soon become addicted, and start setting more tasks and almost unknowingly become extremely productive.

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About the author: Matt is a budding university student studying Commerce and Law. He likes to make change for the good and help others achieve their goals

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