Your destiny can change!

Here is what the Bible declares…“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (The Bible, Jeremiah 29:11)
I don’t know whether or not you have good memories of your grammar lessons. But today, I’d like to take you back there for a moment! Our verse of the day starts with a little word that is so important, though it’s just three letters long…the word “for.”

As you may remember, “for” is a coordinating conjunction like the words and, but, or, yet, nor, and so.

People often use the conjunction “but.” They tell you, it’s a good idea, “but…”! You may be able to make it, “but…”! That’s amazing, “but…”! There’s often a “but.” The “but” is a very human word, often negative, restricting, and discouraging. Are you facing a “but” right now in your life? This little word can so easily stop your momentum…

God doesn’t say “but.” He says “for”! For I know the thoughts that I think toward you…

John 3:16, an excellent summary of the Bible’s whole message, also begins with this word “for.” “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” 

• “For” introduces God and His Son, Jesus, into a lost and dying world and also into the “impossible” situations in your life.
• “For” is the divine “coordinating” taking place in your life…God’s help is deployed, His angels are sent, His favor is manifested.
• “For” is God’s conjunction, the conjunction for your life!

In all, “for” is the divine coordinating conjunction for your destiny.

Which phrase beginning with “but” may be echoing in your ears today? “But you don’t have enough of this or that…” “But it’s impossible…” “But you’re too old/too young…” “But you’re missing this…” What if you allowed God to change your destiny by instead letting it begin with the divine coordinating conjunction: “For God…”?