Destroyer Of Destiny

Knowing that God is the Creator of life should be no surprise to us who believe that God is the Creator of all things. In the opening verses of Genesis we read the account of the creation of man.

And the Lord God formed a man’s body from the dust of the ground and breathed into it the breath of life. And the man became a living person. Genesis 2:7

Adam was formed out of nothing. The same Hebrew word for formed found here in Genesis, is the same word used in Jeremiah 1:4. The same way God formed Adam, He continues to form children in the womb.

As we see in this passage in Genesis, God formed the body first. The body is referenced by the article “it” when implies that the body isn’t a person. Man was formed, but lifeless. But God breathed into man’s lungs the breath of life. Life didn’t begin until God breathed it into existence. Mankind hasn’t stopped breathing since. So in essence we could say that not only is God the giver of life, but He is also the sustainer of life.

Isaiah 43:7 tells us

"Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him."

So not only were you created by God, but you were created to bring Him glory. This is yet another reason that the destroyer of destiny wants to eradicate human life.

God has sustained humankind so that we could carry out His plan and glorify His name. Which brings me to my second point.

2. You have a pre-determined destiny

The second and final point that I would like to leave you with this morning is that you have a pre-determined destiny.

Jeremiah is no different than you and I. Before the foundation of time, God knew you and He had a purpose for your life.

I want this to ring out from here today. To all those who are listening in this room, by audiotape or through the Internet. – You are a person of destiny, and so are those children God is forming in the wombs of mothers all over the world.-- You are not an accident. God has the ability to open and close a woman’s womb as He pleases (Genesis 30:22), meaning that you are here as a result of God’s divine plan, not mom and dad’s.

We see here in our scripture text that God told Jeremiah, “Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my spokesman to the world”. Every life that exists, exists for a specific purpose. The destroyer of destiny, the devil, knows this more that anyone else. Why do you think he wants these pre-destined lives destroyed? But this goes far beyond the physical dimension.

Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” – John 10:10

The destroyer of destiny does not want you to have a fulfilling and effective spiritual life. He wants to stomp out any possibility of God’s people living for Christ. And the sad, but true fact is, the devil can use good Christian people to assist him.

Think about it. There are three stages of spiritual maturity – babes, young men (spiritual adolescence), and old men (spiritual maturity). These stages are not age dependant. When someone comes to Christ, they are, as the Bible says, “born again”. They experience a re-birth and become a “baby Christian”. Now in the same way a real baby depends upon others to feed him or her, new Christians depend on others to help them feed on the Word of God to grow spiritually mature.