When God changes the course of your life :
Since the ancient days , God has always been in the business of changing the course of people ' s lives . From Abraham , to Moses , Gideon , David , Ruth , Peter , Apostle Paul and many others even in our generation , their lives changed when God showed up and revealed Himself to them . For some , it was more of a ' date with destiny ', but for others , it was purposeful , and God had to do what He had to do . The fact that God came into their lives and changed their course doesn ' t mean that they were living meaningless lives . Far from it , in fact , some were wealthy businessmen , farmers , shepherds and fishermen , while others had great rewarding careers and were experts in their own fields . It simply means that God gave them a new purpose for their respective lives .
One of the things we need to understand is that , God does change the course of people ' s lives and when He comes calling , our lives end up taking a totally different direction from the one we had anticipated . We may have our own dreams , expectations , set goals and well laid out plans on how to accomplish them , but this cannot prevent God from revealing His plans and purposes to us . Most of the time , He gives us a totally different assignment from what we were doing , and in some instances , everything we had laboured for falls apart . It comes crumbling right before our eyes which becomes a very unpleasant thing to us .
You ' ll agree with me that for some of us , when we got saved , things got bad and as a result we were ridiculed , mocked , resisted and even rejected . In reality , before the eyes of men and women , it doesn ' t make sense why God would call someone who seemed to do well in life and all of a sudden his or her life crumbles down . Yet , it does happen for God ' s purposes to be fulfilled . Ruth ' s husband , for example , had to die , but God had bigger plans for her . If you are in such a
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