Many major cities have what are known as mixmasters. This is where a number of highways converge, usually near the downtown area. From above, it looks like a crazy collection of roads overlapping on each other, and during rush hour, most of the drivers feel as though they also are overlapping each other. In spite of what looks like chaos, there is a designed order to it all; the structure of the mixmaster is designed to get you to where you want to be, even if it takes a while to make it through.
Today, I want to talk to you about the mixmaster of your destiny, where the highways of your life converge in order for God to take you where He wants you to be. There are things that may seem disconnected and unrelated until you hit your personal mixmaster. You find out that things that didn’t seem related to one another all of a sudden begin to converge. They take you to where God transforms you and creates you to be the fulfillment of your divine design, or destiny.
One way God brings you to this place called your destiny is through your personal experiences. It really is true when they say your past comes to bear on your present. When Jesus tells Peter and Andrew that He will make them fishers of men, He means to show them how catching fish will equip them for their destiny, which is to build God’s church.
Each of you brings a unique collection of experiences to the table, and God has designed your destiny with those experiences in mind. Even the bad experiences of your past have a way of preparing you for the things that God has designed for you to do in His kingdom. The former addict has a way of relating to and mentoring to current addicts better than others. When a person from a foreign culture walks in the door of a church, they will likely relate to the one who has shared in their own experiences. This is how God works all things together for good.
But reaching your destiny means traversing these intersections, which for many of us takes time. It is in the slow-moving progress of a mixmaster that God prepares you for greatness, maturing you and allowing you to experience things that, at the time, might seem unrelated to what you feel you’re supposed to be doing. Therefore, let me encourage you to pray for patience. What seems like a dead halt in your life could simply be a moment where God is making you into the right person for the right moment yet to come.
Why We Do What We Do
"I write to you from West Virginia, about 16 hours away by car. I'm a retired firefighter from a city here in WV. I send my sincere thank you and encouragement to all of you. Your dedication to the ministries that flow out from your support has made a difference in my life. So many times when I needed it the most, I was able to listen to God's Word preached to me by your minister, Dr. Tony Evans. The message always seems to meet my need. I didn't know I needed it until I heard the message. That's amazing to me. God knows what I need, while most of the time, the things I thought I needed were just wants. I was seeing things wrong in so many ways, and these messages cleared up my vision by making me see through spiritual eyes dedicated to the Lord Jesus. I love listening between church services. I wanted to let you all know that all of you are appreciated so much and loved. Don't give up, Church!"
—Forrest
