1 Peter 1:20 He was destined before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.

You are not an afterthought. From your birth to your death, God is looking out for you. God's plan in Christ is "destined before the foundation of the world" to save us. Through the grace of God, there is the trust that Christ's death and resurrection are for your sake. Christ is the fulfillment of that destiny of promise and hope.

Our world is absorbed with other plans. And that is worse, it inflicts those plans upon us. Our life seems defined and controlled - even destined- toward its own goal of mere survival. Greed inflicts that solitary goal of making money until you die but gives you no freedom and no life. And greed does not sleep, nor does its evil master, Satan: "...like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8).

But through Christ, we have another destiny - indeed, a life-giving destiny! Christ is the Child of that new destiny. And through Christ we are children of a new destiny. For he sees us through the evils of this world, even death and all its judgment, taking that to the cross and giving us instead his gifts of life and freedom. Because of Christ, you have the destiny as your own through faith!

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