Quotes about Destiny

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

Jesus viewed his own destiny - to be glorified in and through death - as an expression of a kind of cosmic principle: the pathway to life runs through death.

Joseph understood that the overall purpose of his life was to fit into a small part of God's larger plan for the world. Joseph understood that his life's purpose was bigger than simply playing out his own dream, even a God-given dream. He knew he was on earth to be part of God's story. This was a game changer for Joseph, and it can be a game changer for us too.

You should never count God out. What He has planned and dreamed for your life far exceeds the circumstances of your day. He is always at work, painting on a canvas bigger than we can see or imagine. Not only is this true today; it's been true of our entire story to this point.

God is a dream-giving God. He's given you and me dreams.

Who we truly are is who God created us to be. That's what's most important. Our true identity is seen in light of God. He determines the destiny of our life.

The Bible specifically notes that Abram was seventy-five years old when this all went down (v. 4). Seventy-five! Abram was no young man, and this blows up two myths: first, that a person needs to have life figured out when he or she is twenty, and second, that God doesn't give great callings to people when they're older and established in life.

ways. Most often, the trials we are walking through today are preparing us for a greater role in God's unfolding story.

all of us are shepherded whether we realize it or not. Your shepherd might not be Jesus. But something is going to lead you.

It is a fact too little known, but as far as I am concerned undeniable, that Providence has a great sense of humor, and of course, the best!

Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.

Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune all these are names of the one and selfsame God.