2nd Timothy 4:7 --  I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

        Hebrews 12:1-3 - we need to set aside EVERY WEIGHT and learn to be Patient

           Hebrews 12:1 --  Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us
                                       lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with
                                       patience the race that is set before us,
           Hebrews 12:2 --  Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set
                                        before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of
                                        the  throne  of  God.
           Hebrews 12:3 --  For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be
                                        wearied and faint in your minds.

         2 Timothy 1:8-9 -- according to His own purpose

            2 Timothy 1:8 --  Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but
                                        be thou  partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

           2 Timothy 1:9   Who hath saved us, and called [us] with an holy calling, not according to our works, but
                                       according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the
                                       world  began,

        Ephesians 1:3-6,12

           Eph 1:3 --  Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all
                               spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ:
           Eph 1:4 --  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be
                               holy and without blame before him in love:
           Eph 1:5 --  Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to
                               the good pleasure of his will,
           Eph 1:6 -- To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
           Eph 1:12 -- That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

        Ephesians 1:18 - Deuteronomy 32:9 - His inheritance in the saints

           Eph 1:18 -- The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his
                                calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

           Deu 32:9 -- For the LORD'S portion [is] his people; Jacob [is] the lot of his inheritance.

 C.  A Faith to Keep - 2 Timothy 4:7

            2nd Timothy 4:7 --  I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

        Romans 8:28-30 - purpose, predestination, providence

           Romans 8:28 --  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who
                                       are the called according to his purpose.
           Romans 8:29 --  For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his
                                       Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
           Romans 8:30 --  Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he
                                        also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

        Philippians 2:5-8

           Philippians 2:5 --  Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
           Philippians 2:6 --  Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
           Philippians 2:7 --  But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was
                                           made in the likeness of men:
           Philippians 2:8 --  And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled

D.  To Prepare for Ruling With Christ

        Revelation 20:6

           Revelation 20:6 --  Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death
                                            hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him
                                            a thousand years.

        Romans 5:17

           Romans 5:17 --  For if by one man's offense death reigned by one; much more they which receive
                                        abundance  of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus
                                        Christ.)

E.  To Discover God's Special Call On Your Life. - Romans 12:2

        Romans 12:2 --  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
                                    that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

      God's will for you. Discover it. Do it. Fulfill your destiny.
      How? In the word, Prayer, Obedience, Being God's people.

III. What your Destiny Is Not.

    A. Prosperity for Yourself - Riches just for me - NOW.
    B. Peace Without a War - All peace but no battles to fight
    C. Heaven on Earth Now - Never a problem while on earth.

Summation Statement:

God did not create us to be casual observers of history while we are here. He created us to make history while we are here. In Hebrews 11, we have what some call "God's hall of Faith”. You can not be listed in Hebrews 11, but you should still be in “God's hall of Faith” for today. Your destiny is what the resurrection of Christ was really all about. Without the resurrection and victory of Christ, we could not fight and win. Since Jesus did rise from the dead, then let us rise up and go on the offensive! The gates of hell cannot prevail against us!