LORD you assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
Psalm 16:5-6
In our world it's so easy to forget the things that God wants to give us. We forget his promises, count them as lost or say that God's gifts ate things that didn't actually come from him.
This verse is mine. I think I've said this before. :) It's mine because it reminds me of the inheritance that God has for me. He has good gifts for me. Gifts like my supportive friends and family. Gifts of the right words to say. God gives us all messages to proclaim. Truths that we discover are really battle cries that we should proclaim into each others lives. This is one of mine.
God has not forgotten our dreams; even in our darkest moments. He knows what our hearts desire even before we do.
Lately I've been finding myself saying things like "I want to go somewhere old one day." And then my Mom will reply "You're going to Europe that place is old!" or I'll say "I'd like to take a trip on a train one day." And again my Mom will reply. "Aren't you taking a train from Barcelona to Paris?"
My dreams are being fulfilled as I'm realising them! God has also fulfilled desires that I had completely forgotten about.
When I was in grade 5 I prayed and asked God that I could see a time when people would shout Jesus just like fans shout the name of their sports teams during games. That was in grade 5. In grade 8 I went to the Chris Tomlin concert where people did just that. I had forgotten completely about this prayer! While I forgot God didn't and he made it happen just for me. :)
And these are just the little dreams. God knows the big dreams that I have and he's working on fulfilling them. Dreams don't always get fulfilled instantly. Sometimes they take a while. Caleb waited 45 years to get his land in Israel. (Joshua 14:8-15). 45 years. That is honestly longer than I can imagine waiting for. With that long of a setback I'd wonder if God knew what he was doing. Which brings me to my 3rd point; destiny.
At one point I thought destiny was a flawed idea. But this is my take on destiny now. Destiny is not a road map. I can't bring myself to believe that God would plan horrible things to get between us and our dreams. God doesn't want bad stuff to happen to us. Bad stuff happens but it is not God's fault. destiny is not A to B to C and so on. Destiny is a promise. A promise that God will never leave us and that he does keep his promises. Our destiny is the delightful inheritance that God has for us. Destiny is me and God together. No drought, no storm, no circumstance could ever ruin that.
So your inheritance, dreams and destiny are there.
Will you claim it?
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