Jesus Christ co-operated with God so that his word for him and through him could be fulfilled and become Saviour of mankind according to divine destiny(Luke 2:11). Divine destiny is sum total of God's purposes for mankind in Christ Jesus corporately and individually for all time and eternity. The aspect of individuality with respect to divine destiny has been highlighted in 'The bat,the cat,and rat'. Divine destiny is revealed to us by God's indwelling Spirit through word of God:- 1 Cor.2:9-10(KJV) "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into heart of man, things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for Spirit searcheth all things, yea, deep things of God."

This is why word of God is vital to issue of divine destiny. Each person and people is likened to one of four types of hearers of God's word analysed in Luke 8:11-15. Each of us has personal responsibility to freely choose to receive word of God! The starting point is when each person in response to word of God repents from sin,and receives Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. Thereafter each person also has duty of joyfully,patiently, and firmly keeping word of God in spite of inner and outer pressures of life(Luke 8:12-14)!!

Heb.6:12(KJV) "That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit promises."

We have already examined importance of faith with respect to destiny in 'Rhema Island'. Linked with faith is patience(Luke 8:15) because process of discovering,pursuing,and fulfilling divine destiny takes time and effort! As each one faithfully and patiently follows Jesus Christ by God's indwelling Spirit,divine destiny begins to unfold unto fulfillment(harvest) in God.

Psalm 1:1-3(KJV) "Blessed is man that walketh not in counsel of ungodly, nor standeth in way of sinners, nor sitteth in seat of scornful. But his delight is in law of LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."

Not only will God give you His knowledge - but He will make sure to give you understanding of that knowledge and wisdom to be able to use it! All of this can be given to you free of charge. All you have to do is be willing to seek after it, and seek to work with this knowledge to fully understand it and how it can apply to different parts of your life.

The last verse is Jesus telling us that if we will "abide in His word" - that we will then have ability to know truth and that truth will be able to make us free. In other words - if you are willing to abide in Bible, which is His Word, and seek to understand what you are reading - then you will be fully loaded with an incredible amount of truth covering a wide variety of topics and issues in your life. And once you have a lot of truth on a lot of different areas of your life - then that truth will help set and make you free because you will no longer be bound up with wrong thinking!

However, notice that Jesus says we have to "abide" in His Word in order to be able to get these truths worked into us. Abiding means that you are willing to spend a lot of regular quality time in reading Bible for yourself and seeking to understand and implement these truths in your everyday walk with Him.

All of above verses are giving us an incredible revelation in that God and Jesus are only too anxious to release Their knowledge to us if we are willing to do our part by seeking after it.

Article written by Michael Bradley of Bible Knowledge Ministries. Their website is a resource of Bible knowledge. They currently have over 100 Bible articles. All free of charge.