Christian Healing Ministry - Devotionals

Devotional for July 2, 2026

YOU CANNOT RUN AWAY FROM GOD’S DESTINY FOR YOU

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 Jonah 1:3

But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

Additional Verses

📖 Exodus 3:1-22; Jonah Chapter 1 and 2; Acts 9:1-22

Once you surrender yourself to Jesus Christ, you belong to Him and He will use you for His glory. However, you have a free-will to choose to follow God or not. If you choose Him, then He will guide you to your destiny and you will not need to worry about your future because your future is in God’s hands. He knows more than you know yourself, and His Grace will always be there to sail you through. As a child of God, your destiny is in Jesus Christ and you should dwell on what His Word says. Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For l know the thoughts that l think towards you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” When God has chosen you, He knows that you are capable to carry out that particular task which He will ask you do. Jeremiah 1:5 says, “Before l formed thee in the belly l knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb, l sanctified thee, and l ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” Jeremiah tried to give excuses that he could not speak and still a child, but the Lord God rebuked him and said, “Say not, l am a child; for thou shalt go to all that l shall send thee, and whatsoever l command thee, thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces; for l am with thee to deliver thee, says the Lord.” Jeremiah obeyed the command of the Lord God. Unfortunately, more often, the children of God dwell in the physical as they use their carnal senses more than their spiritual senses. Your carnal senses will tell you that it is not possible and you will begin to lose focus of your destiny. Move away from being carnal-minded and start using your spiritual senses. When you use your spiritual senses, it will be very easy to follow your destiny through Jesus Christ and whatever God asks you to do, you will be able to do it. You may try to run away but you cannot run away from God’s destiny for you. Jonah tried to run away and in the end, he was swallowed by a great fish. He had fled from God’s presence to Tarshish instead of going to Nineveh. He then realized his mistake while he was in the fish’s belly and prayed to God. When he was delivered from the belly of the fish, he went to preach to Nineveh. That was God’s destiny for Jonah to preach to the people of Nineveh. Moses, when he saw the burning bush, in Exodus Chapter 3, tried to give excuses, when the Lord God wanted to deliver the children of Israel from the Egyptian bondage. He only agreed after seeing the miracles that God did using his rod, and also after being assured that Aaron his brother would be the spokesman to the children of Israel and to Pharaoh. Moses wanted to run away from the God given destiny. Joseph saw in a vision the destination of how his brothers and parents would bow before him but he was not shown the process to get to that destination. Probably, if he had seen how he would get there through trials, tests and temptations, he would have surrendered early. The Lord God was there with him until he reached his final destination. Do not run away from your destiny. God has chosen you because He knows that you can do it. So as your destiny is being unlocked, whatever happens in your journey, good or bad, rejoice in the Lord Jesus Christ always because not only is he with you, He is waiting for you already at the destination He has planned for you. Do not wait until you are swallowed by the big fish for you to do the will of God. Alleluia!

Prayer

Thank You Father for choosing me to be Your vessel. Remove from me any contrary spirits so that I may serve You with due diligence as You have already mapped out my destiny. In the name of Jesus Christ l pray. Amen.