noetic:

its quite simple and also complex.

Destiny is a pre-ordained sequence of events by God. It however contains choices that the destined needs to make. They include the choice of life or death,
salvation or otherwise.

Destiny involves the height one can attain in life. And perhaps the process involved.


For Xtians its not more of destiny but prophecy, as d Lord reveals what he is doing, about to do or will do at several points in our lives.

What is DESTINY? what do you understand by it?.
some people say "your destiny is in your hand" which means that you can decide what you want to be by yourself.
other people say "what will be, will surely be" which means whatever happens have already been programmed to happen in which case you dont have power over such.

what do you understand as destiny. can it be influenced if it exists or we should not worry about anything and just resign to fate since it will happen no matter how much we try.

From my understanding, Destiny is the divine appointment of God for man and it can also be defined as fulfilment.

But the fact that destiny is the plan of God for man does not mean it will come to pass just like that, cos DESTINY is FLEXIBLE, you can choose to change it. The FLEXIBILITY aspect of it may be that you didn't discover yourself early enough, evil manipulation in ones life or 

For instance, if a person is destined to be a fashion designer, but he planned his life to be a lawyer, he may/may not make it as a lawyer and will never be fulfilled for the wrong choice until he discovers himself (the purpose of God for him).

A man destined to be a banker but finds himself as a conductor will never be fulfilled as a result of the above mentioned reasons. I know a woman who was well paid as a banker but resigned cos she was not fulfilled, she went back to school to study mass comm and today she is fulfilled as a Journalist even though the pay she receives is peanut compared to her first career and many other examples out there.

So, you can't afford to fold your hands and make it happen NO!! You have to discover yourself, ask yourself what you like doing that keeps you going even when awake in the middle of the night? What can you do and be happy even when you receive no pay for it (your source of income may come from some other things)? Hope you are not doing it cos your friend is making money from it? Have you sought God's consent about it?

I-fy:

Destiny is the purpose or future as arranged by fate or God.
To my own view it's been arranged as your 'scale of preference', it depends on what you chose, how you chose and when you chose it.