The Risky Life of Destiny
To discover your destiny, step away from your security.  
- Craig Groeschel

Living destiny sounds exciting & romantic like a James Bond thriller where the secret agent lives on the edge of disaster all the time until he finds the enemy and amidst explosions, crashing cars and gunfire, he destroys him and his weapon of mass destruction. The world is saved every time. And Mr. Bond lives to tell the story and gets the girl.
Destiny is certainly an exciting adventure with risks involved. Unfortunately those risks don’t always pay off like they do for James Bond. When he jumps off a building, he is able to extend his arms to reveal a flying suit that allows him to descend softly onto a landing pad three miles away. It’s all preplanned. However real life is different.
 The scripture tells of people who lived out their destiny. When their story is told, it tells us that some of them “shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames.” However some of their stories tell us that some “were tortured to death . . . faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained . . . “
 That is the risk of destiny. You don’t always know how the situation will end. All you know is that GOD is calling you to something significant. It is a beckoning you cannot escape and it will lead you away from your convenience, comfort, security, support, assurance, confidence, well-being, ease, refuge, safekeeping and self-assurance. Destiny can never be experienced in safety. It is a risky venture and it is not always pretty.
 However you can resist that beckoning voice of GOD’S destiny. You can choose safety over destiny and keep your life in a neat and orderly fashion. And live surrounded by the safety of airbags and helmets. You can live the American Dream of success and retire early.
 Then what? ?
 Destiny never includes comfort and convenience. No one ever changed the world from their recliner. Destiny means blood, sweat and tears. Yet it is full of meaning and significance and joy and peace. It means a life well-lived. After that, what else really matters?