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God has a plan for you. He has a plan for your life. He has a purpose for your existence. The reason why you were not taken to heaven the moment after you were converted is because there is a purpose on earth He desires you to live out. 

Your destiny is not just to go through the motions day in and day out. It is a God-designed stamp on your soul that involves the use of your time, talents and treasures for His glory and other people’s good for the advancement of His kingdom. 

Yet the development of your talents, the increase in your treasures and the wisdom toward your time doesn’t always come quickly. Just as an Olympic athlete must train day in and day out in order to prepare himself or herself for the race, or event, we are on a path to destiny that requires development.

God is a loving Father. His heart desires for you to be all that you can and should be. But just as any parent would not put their five-year-old child in high school, God knows that we require the time and lessons it will take to develop us to reach our destiny. 

Thus, part of experiencing the fullness of your destiny simply comes in understanding your detours.

Far too often, we fail to understand our detours and, as a result, we wind up viewing them in a wrong light. When this happens, we give room for things like impatience, bitterness, regret and doubt to grow. Rather than allowing the detours to produce the development we need, they actually set us back spiritually thus setting us up with a need for more detours in order to grow. It can become a vicious cycle.

What are some common emotions and reactions when our “plans” run into a detour?

Based on Psalm 37:5 and Proverbs 16:3, what does it mean to “commit your way to the Lord?” 

Can you simultaneously hold on to “your way” and “commit” it to God? Why or why not?

What are the benefits of committing your life path to God, and trusting in Him?