Quotes about Destiny

If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."5

God's grace not only provides you with what you need, but also transforms you into what he in wisdom created you to be.

The gospel of Jesus Christ must not be just an aspect of your theology. It must not be relegated to the "religious" dimension of your life. Your relationship with God through Jesus Christ is your life. It touches and alters every aspect of your existence; it redefines your identity. It infuses your life with new meaning and purpose, and it completely reshapes your destiny.

We were created to be part of something so big, so glorious, so far beyond the ordinary that it would totally change the way we approach every ordinary thing in our lives.

Many are called, few are chosen.

Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.

Man is essentially 'finite freedom'; freedom not in the sense of indeterminacy but in the sense of being able to determine himself through decisions in the center of his being. Man, as finite freedom, is free within the contingencies of his finitude. But within these limits he is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become, to fulfill his destiny.

No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.

If I am really a part of your dream, you'll come back one day.

By inserting the letters of His name into the names of the Hebrew people, their destiny was altered, and their future was revealed. Joshua is the Hebrew name Yehoshuah, meaning "God shall save". It is also the Hebrew name for Jesus. Joshua would save the nation of Israel, even as Jesus would save the wicked from their sins (Matt. 1:21).

When you are on the edge of your purpose, the ledge upon which you stand might begin to shake.

While it is God who opens the door of opportunity, you must be available to walk through it.