Draw Near – 365 Guides to Greater Intimacy with GodSample

DESTINY Perhaps the most moving eulogy of Dr. Frederick Banting was one given at a gathering of the Diabetics Association: "Without Banting, this meeting could have only been a gathering of ghosts bemoaning their fate." Dr. Banting was the main person responsible for the discovery of insulin which has extended the lives of millions of diabetics. Because Dr Banting fulfilled his destiny, the world is a much better place in which to live. God spoke explicitly to a young man centuries ago and told him his destiny. God said to Jeremiah: 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. If Jeremiah had balked and refused to fulfill this destiny, we probably never would have known about Daniel and the three Hebrew children. All four were deeply influenced by Jeremiah's life. God gives us the choice either to accept or reject our destiny. In Romans, Paul said that God desires us to be conformed to the image of His Son. This is our destiny. If we move with it, our world will be a warmer, finer place to live. If we balk, many may fail to hear of our Lord and, like the diabetics, will be merely a gathering of ghosts, bemoaning their fate.