Your Destiny and Your Palace

CHAPTER ONE IN THE BEGINNING One undisputable fact of life is that without a beginning, there cannot be an end, and as such, the beginning of a thing is as important, if not, more important that the end. Genesis 1:1-4 says, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void; and the darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.” The truth is that our beginnings are in Christ, and if committed to Him, He is able to bring light out of any dark situation we may encounter. John 1:4-5 states that, “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not comprehend it.” Christ is the Word that became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14), Who also is credited with creating all things (John 1:3). So it follows that if Christ is in control of a destiny, His divine creative abilities are unleashed and go to work in that destiny, for that is why the Bible declares in Proverbs 4:18 that, “The path of the just is like the shining sun, that shines brighter unto the perfect day.” This is only possible when a destiny is dealt, inspired and led by the Spirit of the Light of the world (John 8:12), hence why it is written in Psalm 119:105, that “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” The journey of destiny is believed to commence from the womb, but in reality, there’s Biblical evidence that states the contrary. The Word of God says in Hebrews 7:9-10 that, “Even Levi who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak, for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.” This is positive proof of the fact that life exists, long before conception. The LORD told the Prophet Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” Apart from reinforcing the notion that life begins before conception, this also reveals that if Levi paid tithes in (and through) Abraham, he like Abraham also reaped the blessings of the tither as enumerated in Malachi 3:8-12. It is no surprise that the direct blood descendants of Abraham, including Levi, were mightily blessed and we, his covenant descendants also partake of that blessing by our adoption into the family of God. This is and was through the sacrificial death of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on the cross for our sins, by which Christ redeemed us, and made us acceptable in the beloved. Conversely and also, if descendants can reap blessings to the consciously righteous or sacrificial deeds of a forefather, grandfather or father, it follows that the descendants can reap the opposite as a result of the consciously wicked or selfish acts of an ancestor, be it a grandfather or father. Thus it is possible for a child to be born with a deficit, because the Bible says, “A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.” (Proverbs 13:22)