do you believe in making your own destiny?

Answer 1

No.....I believe we have free will but....God is the one who ultimately maps out our lives. The free will of man and the providence (sovereignty) of God work hand in hand......somehow. It's not my job to explain it.....just believe it.

Answer 2

you cannot make your own destiny!

Either you believe in destiny which means that you follow a pre ordained path through life which was chosen for you when you were born.

or

You believe in free will in which every thing is down to the choices you make and their subsequent consequences

I am afraid the two are mutually exclusive, and i plump for the second

Answer 3

To a certain extent. We as humans have free will (or so we think). I feel that while our paths may be written in destiny, the choices we make along the way are up to us. And as a result, the end path may change.

Answer 4

Not really. I think it's our job to figure out what our destiny is. God has a plan for each of us.

Answer 5

To a degree.
Obviously you have free will however before we were born we all chose something (things) to experience - anything from just being born to being disabled in some shape or form, some even chose to die in a particular way - many choose normal everyday experiences by the way (internal or external events). Lol.

Answer 6

Consider how Jehovah God made us. “In God’s image he created [man]; male and female he created them,” states the Bible. (Genesis 1:27) Made in God’s likeness, we have the ability to reflect his qualities, such as love, justice, wisdom, and power. God has also given us the gift of free will, or freedom of choice. This makes us unique among his earthly creation. We can choose whether we will follow God’s moral guidance or not. That is why the prophet Moses could say: “I do take the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you today, that I have put life and death before you, the blessing and the malediction; and you must choose life in order that you may keep alive, you and your offspring, by loving Jehovah your God, by listening to his voice and by sticking to him.”—Deuteronomy 30:19, 20.

The gift of freedom of choice, though, does not mean absolute freedom. It does not free us from the physical and moral laws that God made for the stability and peace of the universe. These laws were set up for our good, and any violation of them could lead to serious consequences. Just think of what would happen if we chose to ignore the law of gravity and jumped off the roof of a tall building!—Galatians 6:7.

Freedom of choice also binds us with a restraint that creatures lacking such freedom do not have. The writer Corliss Lamont asks: “How can we attribute ethical responsibility to men, and punish them for wrongdoing, if we accept . . . that their choices and actions are predetermined?” Of course, we cannot. Instinct-driven animals are not held morally responsible for what they do, nor are computers deemed accountable for the functions they are programmed to perform. Freedom of choice, then, places upon us a heavy responsibility and makes us accountable for our actions.

How unloving and unjust Jehovah God would be if before we were born, he predetermined the course we would take and then held us responsible for our actions! He does not do this, for “God is love,” and “all his ways are justice.” (1 John 4:8; Deuteronomy 32:4) Having given us freedom of choice, he did not at the same time ‘determine from eternity whom he would save and whom he would damn,’ as believers in predestination assert. Freedom of choice precludes predestination.

The Bible clearly shows that the choices we make will alter our destiny. For example, God appeals to wrongdoers, saying: “Turn back, please, every one from his bad way and from the badness of your dealings . . . that I may not cause calamity to you.” (Jeremiah 25:5, 6) This appeal would be pointless if God had already fixed each individual’s destiny. Moreover, God’s Word states: “Repent, therefore, and turn around so as to get your sins blotted out, that seasons of refreshing may come from the person of Jehovah.” (Acts 3:19) Why would Jehovah ask people to repent and turn around if he knew beforehand that they could do absolutely nothing to change their destiny?

The Scriptures speak of some who are invited by God to rule as kings in heaven with Jesus Christ. (Matthew 22:14; Luke 12:32) However, the Bible says that they will lose that privilege if they do not endure to the end. (Revelation 2:10) Why would God invite them at all if he had already decided that they would not be chosen? Consider also the apostle Paul’s words to his fellow believers. He wrote: “If we practice sin willfully after having received the accurate knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left.” (Hebrews 10:26) Such a warning would be valueless if God had foreordained their destiny.

Answer 7

We all have a destiny--given from God--you choose how to make a gift out of it for yourself.

Answer 8

Of course. I do not believe in predestination of any sort. What a person does with their life is totality up to them.

Answer 9

lorraine, you are my density
some things we can cantrol
some things we cant
for example you cant play ball like michael jordan
all behavior is a product of three things
1. free will
2. environment
3. what you are born with (innate or genetics)

Answer 10

Fate is in our hands, Destiny is not. Destiny is ineluctable, Fate is not.