#Tony evans detours to destiny series#

Destiny always involves you benefitting others beyond yourself. But there is a second reason for the detours, and it is the reason of our message today, that God allows detours on his road to destiny in order to prepare those who he wants you to impact when you arrive at your destiny. You say, 'How long do I have to be in this test'? Till you pass. It's a test, and nobody gets away from them. Tests are adverse circumstances that God causes or allows in order to develop us spiritually. He wants to make you a better person, and he never does that without tests.

Rarely, let's state it again, rarely does God take you from where you are to where he wants you to be in a straight line, why? Why on your route to your divinely designed purpose for being, your destiny, does God bounce you around all over the place, sometimes good, sometimes bad, sometimes ugly? Number one is to develop your character. But nevertheless, you have one, and don't leave earth without it. It may not have been totally manifested for any number of reasons. It may be a little foggy right now, may be a little clear. But because you've attached them to God's sovereign plan, because you understand there is a blueprint in heaven with your name on it, and it is all designed to bring you to your destiny.Įvery believer, every Christian has a divine design for your life. But the moment you expand the meaning of God to this all-encompassing, sovereign person, where nothing gets to you unless it passes through his fingers first, then all of a sudden, you may not like the prison, the pit, the problem, the predicaments that you're in. As long as you and I choose to live with a small god, the circumstances of life will dictate to us. And it would all be allowed by a sovereign, providential God. There will be places you didn't plan to go, people you never planned to meet, situations you never thought you would be in, even mistakes you never thought you'd make, predicaments that you never thought would be your problem.

#Tony evans detours to destiny series#

You see, what we've tried to explain to all of us during this series is that on your way to your destiny, there will be detours. I'm telling you to let you know that when God is ready to move, it don't take long. If you are a believer in Jesus Christ today, you have a destiny. If you're here today and you want your destiny, I would not be being fair to the Word of God if I didn't tell you that there are going to be dry spots where nothing appears to be happening, and you find yourself stuck. It takes you longer than you had planned to be using to arrive at where you are hoping to go. Detours are distractions from the original intended route that you had planned to go. Yet what we often do is try as hard as we can to work our own way to the circumstances we believe are best for us.Remember, your blessing includes you, but it's not only about you. To deliver you to the place he has created just for you. Tony knows a thing or two about detours, and one of the things he knows for certain is that God works through detours to bring about his blessing. Detours are a good thing that often feels bad. Or if any wreck is going to be cleaned up or a hazard avoided.ĭetours are designed for our own good, regardless of how we view or feel about them.

But detours are necessary if any improvements are going to be made on the paths we travel. More often than not, it's a detour – one that can leave you feeling temporarily stalled and slowed down.