RCCG Dallas Central Parish

09/07/2026

09/07/2026

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.*

*DESTINY DEFINING MOMENTS.(16)*

*Scripture Treasure.*
Ecclesiastes 7:17 *Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?*

*Insight and Highlight.*
A person may die before his time. He can miss God predestined will for his life, if he makes wrongful choices.

*Scripture Commentaries.*
Some people may never live to see their destiny defining moments.
Though they were predestined but certain human actions often destroy lives making it totally impossible to see or live their destinies.
So people do not only die before their time because they make wrongful choices, humans' wickedness can make it happen to them.
While the early death suffered by them is not hidden from God but human choices especially their wrong choices often choose the path some people took that terminated their lives.
Ecclesiastes 7:17 advises people to avoid extreme wickedness and foolishness so they do not shorten their lives.
There are people who live the extremes.
Avoiding extremes is key to living life enough for one to experience God given destinies. The bible passage in Eccl 7:17 warns against living a reckless, foolish, or deeply harmful life.
There are dangerous choices and people make such choices. Indulging in high risk exploration, entertainment, high-risk leisure activities, recreational hobbies or extreme sports that carry a significantly increased or high chance of severe injury or death are perfect examples of dangerous choices people make.
Choice of gang operations in the name of defensive vigilantes and exposure to violence.
These group or community defense initiatives often escalate urban and local conflict rather than resolving it.
People often turn their self defensive trainings into offensive campaigns.
People often overspiritualize what God has given us common sense to do.
While the ultimate control over life and death remains with God, wrongful choice of self harm, drug abuse deliberate sins have constrained God to prevent what we have willfully and deliberately allowed for our destruction.
The apostle Peter wrote, warning people against doing things that are difficult to understand or things unimaginable and unexpected of them.
He warned against falling into the error of the wicked. He admonished we grow in grace.
In 2 Pet 3:14-18 says
*Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.*
*And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;*
*As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.*
*Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.*
*But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.*
Growing in grace is key to God's predestined will for your life.
Do not make wrongful choices. Do not die before your time.

*Remorse corner.*
Wrongul human choices cut lives short.

*Call to Word action.*
The ultimate control over life and death remains with God but people often go before their destiny defining moments.

*The Christian clarion duty.*
While God has a set time for everyone, people often schedule other people's appointments with their Maker before their divine appointment with Him. This happens, either, when people kill themselves or someone kills them.

*Prayer.*
Lord do not let me die before my God given appointed time. Let me not die unfulfilled.
Let me live a purposeful life in Jesus name.

Good morning all and have a blessed day.

God bless you.

Shalom.

09/06/2026

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09/06/2026

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.*

*DESTINY DEFINING MOMENTS.(15)*

*Scripture Treasure.*
Eccl 9:11
*I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.*

*Insight and Highlight.*
In this world there are unexpected events and opportunities and they often alter human plans.

*Scripture Commentaries.*
We started this series defining destiny as
God's divine will for mankind to have a purposeful and meaningful life. We described it as common to all His creation: meaning that everyone has a destiny.
Identifying your destiny defining moment:.that is the important moment you know what your destiny is all about. It is the moment you realize it.
We looked at the nature of destinies: meaning God does not predestine anyone to Heaven or hell, God does not destine anyone to good of bad destinies and knowing your destiny when you see it.
This leads us to different analysis of knowing that destinies do not follow biological order, how destinies can be changed or stolen, how God can use anyone as your destiny helper, how your destiny can come anytime (in other words, how your defining moments can come any moment)
An overview warning to wait for your time in order not to cheat anyone's destiny
An exhortation that the day you give your life to Jesus is your defining moment.
Everyone was predestined long before they were born. Human wrong choices lead them to hell, God is not partial.
We still have to walk in alignment with God though we were predestined because
Gods choice of us does not guarantee eternal salvation.
God's plan can not change but He can change the individual.
We all know that there is a predestined will of God for us but we must pray we experience the destiny defining moment that will possess and position the destiny into our hands! This is the will of God that destiny predestined must attain a destined end.
Now having looked at the above there are still instances where people look at destinies, not from God's act of grace, but by fate, luck, chances.
So the question is: Is destiny fate, chance, luck or divine favour. Is everyone called to their destinies?
Can destinies be impacted in a world governed by random sequencing and specific scheduling constraints that are often so because of certain eventualities etc?
In this world there are unexpected events and opportunities and they often alter human plans but they can never alter God plans.
They can not alter God's plans because God knows all things before they happen
We must know that God has absolute knowledge of everything. He is Omniscient,
He knows all thing certain as certain, all things future as future and all things
ordained as predestined certainties.
God's perfect will is that: Destinies are preordained certainties. He had decreed everything that will ever happen from the beginning of time.
This teaches us that life is unpredictable but to God all things are within His predictability.
We must understand that "chance, luck, fate" do not mean absolute random occurrences outside of God's control.
People get lucky by random sequencing or scheduling of events. These can shape human destinies.
Prov 16:33 says *The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.*
So random sequencing can shape and impact human fortunes. However God, through Prov 16:33, wants us to rely on the God of time and chance rather than time and chance themselves.
Though Eccl 9:11, tells us the inevitable influence of *".....time and chance....."* and how they affect success saying both these forces *".....happeneth to them all.* it also teaches us that these forces can either or both make or mar a person. Hard work, talent, excellence and intellectual wisdom do not always guarantee success. The fastest runner does not always win, and the wisest person does not always get rich. Someone can come or be in the right place at the right time.
The "time and chances" Solomon mentioned are not reliable enough to rely on as God's predestined will.
This is because time and chance often favour some but do not favour others.
It is best to subject our lives and moments and seasons that only God fully orchestrates.
You can not be disappointed with God but you can be disappointed by time and chance.

*Remorse corner.*
Time and chance may call you to your destiny but time and chance can take them back from you.

*Call to Word action.*
Time and chance are under God's control. In God's plan where mercy and grace are, the fastest, the hard worker can win. So also the slowest, the unqualified, Rom 9:16.

*The Christian clarion duty.*
There is a God factor behind everything on earth and in the universe. Trust on the God of time and chance!

*Prayer.*
Lord, all events are under your control. Let time and chance, time and season all work together to favour me and give me my destiny defining moments in life in Jesus name.

Good morning all and be blessed as you come into His presence.

God bless you.

Shalom.

09/05/2026

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.*

*DESTINY DEFINING MOMENTS.(14)*

*Scripture Treasure.*
Numbers 14: 21- 39
v21 *But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.*
v22 *Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;*
v23 *Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:*
v24 *But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.*
v25 *(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.*
v26 *And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,*
v27 *How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.*
v28 *Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:*
v29 *Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which have murmured against me.*
v30 *Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.*
v31 *But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.*
v32 *But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.*
v33 *And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.*
v34 *After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.*
v35 *I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.*
v36 *And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,*
v37 *Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.*
v38 *But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.*
v39 *And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.*

*Insight and Highlight.*
The will of God is that destiny is predestined for a destined end, so destiny predestined must attain a destined end.

*Scripture Commentaries.*
The Israelites were held captives in Egypt for 430 years: (Gen 15:13 records a prophetic warning of Egyptian captivity for 400 years, Exod 12:40-41 and Gal 3:17 record 430 years).
God had an encounter with Moses and gave him a mandate to lead the people out of Egypt according to His promise to them to a fertile, abundant region.
God's plan was not only to rescue them from Egyptian captivity by leading them out but to also give them possession of the land which He called the Promised Land.
In Exd 3:8, He told Moses *And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.*
In Exd 3:17, He added *".....unto a land flowing with milk and honey.*
In Numb 13, Moses sent out twelve spies to the land, for 40 days. Ten (10) came back with evil reports but two came back with good reports.
The two conflicting reports led to the people's murmur against Moses, Aaron and the Lord.
God was angry and declared that the adult generation (aged twenty and older) who murmured against Him would not enter the Promised Land, and their bodies would fall in the wilderness.
Our walk with God as predestined and elected by Him, will not go without a test.
God was asking the Israelites to go and search out a land He had already given them.
In Numb 13:2, God told Moses directing Him to *Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.*
God decreed a judgment that the adult generation (aged twenty and older) who murmured against Him would not enter the Promised Land, and their bodies would fall in the wilderness, Numb 14:29.
The timeline of the judgment would be 40 additional years: which would be calculated as such: for each day the spies searched the land, Israel would wander for one year, totaling a 40-year punishment, Numb 14:33–34,
The Israelites spent an additional total of 40 years in the wilderness, which included the time already passed and the remaining years required to fulfill the divine decree.
Before the Israelites were set free their destinies were established. They were heading for the promised land but only two experienced their destiny defining moments.
God said in Numb 14:30 *Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.*
God's plan to take the Israelites to the promised land and His choice of Israel as His chosen people remained steadfast despite the human failures of the 10 spies. The failures of the 10 spies resulted in the judgment that the adult generation (aged twenty and older) who murmured against Him would not enter the Promised Land, and their bodies would fall in the wilderness.
God's plan and choice remain steadfast through two faithful Israelites: Joshua and Caleb.
God's death penalty decree did not affect Joshua and Caleb because though they were over 20 years old they were faithful so they and those who were below 20 years made it to the Promised land.
So Joshua and Caleb, those who were under 20 at the time, along with the children born during the wilderness years, grew up to cross the Jordan River under Joshua’s leadership.
From the events of Numb 13 we can see how things and events can quickly change and shape human destinies and how what we do today can have effects on our generations to come.
We can see the connection and impact of our present actions on future generations' posterity.
We can see how the failures of a set of people often a minute/small number of people can adversely affect a large or wide collection of people and how the faithfulness of two people could advance the life and prosperity of an age bracket and the unborn.
Great and fulfilled people were made and born into prosperity by a divine judgment that turned into a blessing. It brought them prosperity. It gave them a covering.
While a miserable and unfortunate people were left to perish by the same divine judgment.
Those who perished only heard the promise but never got a definition of what the miracle of how the Promised land would look like.
We all know that there is a predestined will of God for us but we must pray we experience the destiny defining moment that will possess and position the destiny into our hands! This is the will of God that destiny predestined must attain a destined end.

*Remorse corner.*
God's thought for the Israelites was good and not of evil but some did not faithfully wait to receive their expected end.

*Call to Word action.*
Jer 29:11 *For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.*

*The Christian clarion duty.*
Predestined will of God is certain but people's action can alter God's destiny for them. People's action can alter God's destined will for them.

*Prayer.*
Lord please let me never to miss my destiny defining moment. I must realize God predestined will for my life.
Let me not fail in anyway. Do not allow any form of failure to negatively impact my future generation, in Jesus name.

Good morning all and have a blessed day.

God bless you.

Shalom.

09/04/2026

*WISDOM FOR TODAY.*

*DESTINY DEFINING MOMENTS.(13)*

*Scripture Treasure.*
Rom 11:29 *For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.*

*Insight and Highlight.*
God's plan can not change but He can change the individual

*Scripture Commentaries.*
All the people God chose as kings, prophets, disciples etc had their destiny defining moments.
There was a moment in each of their lives that was decisive and pointed to who God wanted them to be.
While some succeeded to the very end, some lost track, derailed and missed out completely.
You have to make up your mind never to lose your destiny defining moment.
While God is faithful to His promises, humans have proved to be unfaithful leading God to remove His promises from them.
Rom 11:29 gives us an interestingly unusual yet a mystery of God that should make us want to know God and His promises
A God's elect may fail, but God’s predestined purpose for His people can never fail, Rom 11:29.
Rom 11:29 tells us that God does not regret or take back His spiritual gifts or His calling. His 'spiritual gifts and calling' is a promise to His people to all generations.
"without repentance" means God does not regret or take back His spiritual gifts or His calling on people.
That this promise is for God's people means: it goes beyond any vessel/individual chosen. While a vessel/individual or humans fail, God's plan and choice remain steadfast.
Rom 11:29 means God's plan and choice remain steadfast despite human failures.
While God's choice to gift and call can not fail and remains steadfast, human failures can change God's plan for an individual but will not change His everlasting promise to gift and call people into His service
It is important for us who have experienced our destiny defining moments in God to guide against misinterpreting this writing of Paul.
We often quote this passage assuring ourselves of the gifts and calling of God in our lives are irrevocable or can never be withdrawn.
We must understand that this verse addresses God's plan and choice of a vessel remains intact for as long as he does not fail.
God will always stand by His promises to elect people, gift them according to His divine will for His people.
For example, Paul wrote about the Fruit and gifts of the Spirit in 1 Cor 12:4-11, Rom 12:6-8 and the Fruit in Gal 5:22-23.
He further wrote on the ministry gifts in Eph 4:12 *And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers.*
These are God’s enduring promises and covenant for His people.
God will not change His mind on this. He does not and will not regret or take back His spiritual and ministry gifts or His calling on people.
These Fruit, gifts of the Spirit, and ministry gift are not without their conditions.
You can not be in sin and expect you will be operating these special Kingdom privileges, (ref Rom 6:1).
Those who are in sin but yet manifest in these privileges must be doing so through another spirit and though they still identify themselves with the Fruit, gifts and ministry offices as written by Paul, they are none of His.
While these gifts, Fruit and offices remain, those who are in sin, though identify themselves with the offices of the Spirit must know the Lord has left them.
This follows to explain that while *"...... the gifts and calling of God are without repentance* and while this remains irrevocable" or "can never be withdrawn, the individual, person or vessel can be substituted.
There will always be a shift from vessels unto honour and vessels unto dishonour (ref 2 Tim 2:20-21) and there will always be a shift from a substantive vessel to a substitution vessel.
So while Saul acted as the substantive, established king, David served as God's designated substitutionary vessel to replace him. God never changed His promise and stance to anoint and appoints Kings over His people despite human failings.
The failure of Saul did not revoke God's gifts and calling of His people but He substituted a failed King and installed another.
The continued failure of the anointed Judges over the nation of Israel in the book of Judges did not stop God's calling and gifting of new appointed subsequent judges.
The gifts and calling of God are irrevocable and cannot be regretted by God because they are in place for the equipping of the saints and edification of the the Church.
The gift and calling of God on you is a destiny defining moment, (ref Acts 10:38*.
Do not lose your destiny of gift and calling in God to sin, thinking you can not lose them.
If you sin, you can lose His gift and calling for you!

*Remorse corner.*
While the gifts and calling of God remain and can not be regretted by God that He gave them, the individual can be stripped of them. The power can go away.

*Call to Word action.*
Judges 16:20 *And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.*

*The Christian clarion duty.*
God can change or substitute you for someone else. His plan to gift and call you can change but His promise to call and gift continues for others.

*Prayer.*
Lord please do not change Your mind concerning Your gift and calling for my life in Jesus name.

Good morning all and have a blessed day.

God bless you.

Shalom.