Destiny or What?

DESTINY: Does it really exist? I'm not too sure about what to believe, not because I don't know my stand on the issue but because a lot of people believe in its existence a lot. Well, while thinking about how to resolve this, I realized the best way to treat this is to discuss the issue with practical situations.

Real life Scenario:

Imagine a man like Baba Adeboye, who grew up in a little village and had a poor family who couldn't afford to send him to school. He cried and struggled to get educated; dreams his way out of the village into a higher institution and became who he is today by God's Grace. Imagine a friend of his - who with him (Adeboye), played with sand - still struggling in that little village to get something out of life while raising a family? Did he offend God? Or would you say it was his destiny?

There are many examples out there but I won't want to talk extensively about people here. Anyway, let us assume that friend who is still in the village fought his way out (I'm not saying He can't be fulfilled in the village, I'm only talking about creating opportunities) and gets all the tools he'll need to become great, won't his story change? He will be the great leader people will one day immortalize or a great industrialist whose generation will forever be recognized.

Assume this man in question got to understand what to do at the last minute, people will say it's his destiny to be great but what if he didn't realize it, would that be his destiny? Which will we call destiny then? The end result of a man at any point in time, just like the dictionary explains it? This means destiny changes or shall I say fluctuates. Well, I won't call such destiny - I'll prefer CHOICE.

I'm not leaving God out of this because He determines everything which includes where we end up, but I want you to know that the way God operates; our choices determine a lot of things. God does not force anybody to become what He wants, except in very few cases He wants to use people. He only guides us to follow His will which gets us to our destination. As for those who don't follow His will, they miss it in life and die frustrated although some use the Natural laws of existence to force their way into greatness (Another story).

If destiny really exist, why do courageous people take charge and change theirs? So, how would we define destiny if it changes? How do you explain someone poor and suffering and then told it's his destiny? Does God intend we suffer for no cause? Men who fight their cause and achieve great things in life thereby championing the cause of the poor and helping humanity must've changed their status and would it be destiny? Or someone rich before and got attacked by the evil ones (awon aye) therefore becoming poor, would we say it's his destiny to be poor? Think again!

Here is the summary of it all: God has put it all in us but it takes an extra strength, extra courage, extra sacrifice and extra determination to utilize all the things God has given to us. The safest way to ensure we achieve this is by understanding the will of God for us and following it. Once you've given your life to Christ and totally submitted to God, then you'll begin to see that you can achieve anything in life as long as God is in support.

See you up there, where we'll take charge and build a better environment to live in. I'll guess it'll be our destiny after-all.