WALKING IN OUR SEASON OF DESTINY

by Dr. Michael McKinney

“To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.” Eccl. 3:1

It is so difficult to explain what is on my heart as I study, pray and meditate on God’s word in preparation for messages this new year. All I can say is, “Get Ready!” We are all in for one gigantic spiritual ride of a lifetime as the earth readies itself for the coming of the King!

When the Messiah, the Christ Child, the babe in the manager, was to be born in Bethlehem, God orchestrated the nations and its ungodly leaders to order a national tax to be paid. Every man HAD to return to his home town to pay his fair share. As the people suffered under the unfair and untimely call to pay this heavy tax burden, God was getting ready to fulfill the greatest prophetic event in the history of man - the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

Today, we are in the same scenario. We are awaiting for the return of the Messiah, the King, the Ruler of the Universe. And God is once again orchestrating the nations, the kings, godly and ungodly to prepare the way, so that everything that needs to be fulfilled prophetically will be done precisely and to the minute detail in completion of God’s grand design and purpose for the redemption of mankind, initiated before the world began.

Nothing happens by accident but by a divine purpose.

The calling of Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3 was his season of destiny. He could have said “no.” But He was obedient. He forsook all the comforts of his life in his home country to pursue the destiny that God had in mind for him. Because of his obedience, he was known as a friend of God and the father of many nations. Abraham walked in his season of destiny in obedient faith.

Moses could have relished a position in the King’s palace, feasting and indulging in all the pleasures of this world. But as he witnessed the suffering of God’s people, his people, under the cruel hand of the Pharoah, he could not. Because of his compassion for his people, he suffered greatly until that moment when God met him on the backside of the desert, calling out to him from a burning bush. At that moment, Moses turned towards the fire, hearing God’s voice calling and he said, “Here am I ” And Moses began to walk in his season of destiny.

He fulfilled his divine mission, the leading God’s people out of bondage. He spent forty years in the desert preparing God’s people for leadership and for spiritual warfare that would ultimately lead them to total victory. Although many young men were trained as leaders, there were only two whom God would approve, Caleb and a young man name Joshua because “they had a different spirit.” They were men of destiny.

Joshua picked up the mantle of leadership from Moses and he led God’s people into the Promised Land, conquering all enemies, occupying the land, restoring righteousness and worship of the one true God and finally he lead his nation into a season of peace.

We are entering a time of spiritual warfare and spiritual victory as never before! Our mission is the same. It has not changed. Jesus commanded the disciples in Mark 16:15-20, “Go ye into ALL the world, and preach the gospel to every living creature.” The results? “And, they went forth and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.”

Abraham, Moses and Joshua ended well. They were obedient. They were faithful. Today, this is our time to walk in our season of destiny. And IF we too are obedient and faithful they will say of us as they did of the apostles in Acts 17:6, “These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.”