Today we continue our new series entitled, “It’s already done!”, under the banner of the overall series for the year, “Supernatural Manifestation.” A couple of weeks ago I introduced you to the following passage. Let’s go back to it today.
In the opening paragraph of the Apostle Peter’s second letter, he said:
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
(2 Peter 1:1-4)
Today I will continue to focus in on this statement: “According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness.”
So what does this mean to you today? A few things.
1. Your ultimate destination in life is already set.
a) The Bible says, “God predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will” (Eph 1:5).
b) Predestination means a destination was set beforehand. Your ultimate destination in life is already set. It was set by God before the world began. It was set by His grace and not your performance. Therefore, you don’t earn your divine assignment, you simply believe and receive it.
2. Along with a pre-set destination, you were born with a pre-set plan to get there.
a) The Bible says, “In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will” (Eph 1:11). The Bible is teaching us that along with a pre-set destination, God also pre-established a plan that will get us there.
b) God has a pre-established plan for your life and as you walk with Him, He reveals it to you. The Bible says, “I make known the end from the beginning” (Isaiah 46:10).
c) God sets the end from the beginning and He then “makes known” what He set. Revelation is God letting you in on the plans He made for you before the world began.
3. All things that pertain to life and godliness have already been prepared for you, in advance, in accordance with God’s pre-set destination and plan for your life.
a) You have a pre-set destination; one set by God before you were born. You have a pre-set plan; one developed by God, designed to get you to His pre-set destination. And everything you will ever need to accomplish the plan was already thought of by God, and He made the provisions beforehand as well.
b) If you were born with a pre-set destination and a pre-set plan to get there, doesn’t it stand to reason that God already made the provisions you will need beforehand as well?
c) Everything you will ever need externally (for life, in this world), and everything you will ever need internally (to develop the character required to carry the weight of the anointing associated with your assignment), has already been provided. It’s already done! It’s not that God is GOING to provide. The truth is, God has already provided. Our life then, becomes a journey of discovering what God already planned and a journey of faith that receives what God has already provided!
Closing Confession: Father, this is a year of Great Victory for me. I am learning to live by discerning. You made plans for me before I was born. You set my destination before I ever took one breath. You developed a plan to get me there. You made provisions for the plan in advance. I now live by faith. You make known to me what You planned and I have the faith to believe, receive, and lay hold of what You have already provided! I declare this by faith. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
This is Today’s Word! Apply it and Prosper.
