The Lord directs according to who we are becoming—His master plan for each life. Details large and small are woven into the fabric of each God-given destiny, details loaded with His appealing love, designed to move us beyond life’s snare.
We are not predestined in the sense of being pre-judged, automatically good or bad as though we were unable to live in a way other than an ascribed predisposition. Actually, all of humanity is judged guilty—the guilt of sin exists as an obstacle for all, but all are also judged eligible for God’s forgiveness—redemption through the atonement of His Son, Jesus Christ, a perfect Savior.
All men are eligible to exchange out-of-order lives on the altar of God’s Love; they are eligible to receive in exchange His gift of redemption—rightly ordered lives: “He forgives all my iniquities (inherited sin), heals all my diseases and redeems my life from destruction.”
The prophesied blessing is Paul’s powerful benediction: “Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.” (Ephesians 3:14-21, NASB)
Amen—so be it!
Romans 3:23 | Romans 5:12 | Psalm 103:3-4 | Ephesians 3, NAS | Verses@Once