INTRODUCTION
Destiny as a concept can't be discussed without considering some level of spirituality. Divinity is always involved. Majority of 'spiritual people' believe in destiny. I do believe in it too but not the common idea of what people think it is. Strictly speaking, destiny means a concept or an event that will and must happen to someone or something in the future. It is widely accepted that it is fully controlled by some divine or spiritual power usually attributed to God and man is left with no choice. Being destined is not the issue. Knowing who one is destined to be or living in fear of uncertainty of one's destiny is the common problem.
WHAT PEOPLE THINK DESTINY IS
I'm a medical doctor by profession. Is that what I'm destined to be?, I don't think so. What if I decide to pursue another career entirely and I've seen people do this. Does that mean I've missed my destiny?, I don't think so either. Because I chose to do the training at the time when I knew nothing much about life. Some people even believe in being destined to marry that soul mate. If they date and end up not getting married or probably one of them died and the other got married to another person. Does that mean he/she has missed destiny?? God gave us the ability to choose and we are a product of our choices. Destiny leaves us with no choice which means these life events like career and marriage shouldn't be what we see as destiny. Even if your the richest, greatest in what you do, even if you are the poorest or least in what you choose to do in life, that's still not your destiny. What or who we become in life shouldn't be our destiny but rather living a fulfilled life till the end of our life should be the goal.
THE REAL IDEA OF DESTINY
As a believer in Christ, I know destiny exists based on scriptures and evident events in the bible especially before the coming of Christ. The truth is that what God has destined for us is to live a Christ like life. That is the bases. People equate achieving great wordly things to being destined. Being very wealthy, very popular, attaining highest level of educational qualification.... That's not it. Godly concept of destiny is more of living a God kind of life here on earth.
WHAT OF KARMA
Karma exists also and its based on people's experience and expectation in life but however not fixed and very uncertain. It is just a prediction or probability of a future event happening based on present or past action of an individual. It is fully controlled by human activities and has nothing to do with divinity. If you do good to someone, you'll probably get a good reward and vice versa
DOES KARMA ALWAYS WORK?
Not at all. If it does, there won't remain any factor of wickedness in this world again. This world would have been so beautiful to live in with no sorrow at all. Every body would have been doing good so they can reap good reward in return. All those stupid, greedy politicians would not have existed. Most times, it seems people that do bad things even live longer and enjoys a better life. Or maybe we think their children or generation will reap their reward. Maybe, maybe not... but really, witnessing karma happen to people directly involved is the beauty of it.
When we think karma happens, could it even be just a mere coincidence and nothing too serious?? Although making ourselves think karma happened to us when some life events occur makes us feel good and at times very special especially if the scenario favours us.
MAKING OUR LIFE COUNT
Everyone believes they are born to be great and special. This is true even if the current situation and environment is saying otherwise. There's nothing bad in striving to be great. This is expected of a normal Godly human being. However, what makes all the difference is living a God kind of life and impacting our world in a positive way. this should be our goal. Let's choose life, always do good, be happy and make others happy.
CONCLUSION
Destiny and karma exists but the beauty of destiny is knowing what it really mean. Living a God kind of life and impacting our world daily with our abilities, achivements and status is the key to living a fulfilled life
Thank you for reading.
