Hidden: How His Hidden Designs can Cause Extravagant Rewards
Ever wondered why your windows don’t shudder when you close the door to your room? You like me probably haven’t, windows are not supposed to make a banging sound when a door closes right? If your windows do not make a bang when you...
How to Grow Big Pumpkins
Have you ever read a book in one field and get conclusions in another? A book with the name: “The Pumpkin Plan” that had nothing to do with pumpkins was one such a book that quite profoundly impacted the way I was thinking of growing...
When We are standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Many times we do things without realizing where it came from, good things. Almost like flying in a Jumbo Jet not being aware of the engineering schematics or the science that went into creating it. We stand on the shoulders of giants...
Built upon the apostles and prophets
Almost a week ago my friend and I went on our usual jog up into the countryside. As we were jogging this usual route we noticed something quite different. As far as we jogged we were pushing against a formidable wind! I even tried to...
Why we should never look back
There's nothing quite like getting things done! The reality of marveling at a heart project when it reaches its final conclusion is fulfilling. Something made real that did not exist brought into reality, may it be a book, a painting...
The powerful blessing of Levi
One of the powerful blessings in scripture that makes me super excited about all the possibilities it literally brings to the table, has to be the blessing of Levi!...
Why we should be as wise as the woman of Tekoua in dealing with tricky situations
Previously we have read about why wisdom spreads her table and why we should too! Today we are going to look at the woman of Tekoua who did just this! She is perhaps not that well known, but what she did, had dire consequences for...
Why wisdom spreads her table and why you should too!
There is much more to wisdom than conventional wisdom would want us to believe. There is hidden gems and secrets in scripture that the Lord would want us to see. Today we are going to look at a particular scripture about wisdom that...
Why it is wisdom that you need to change a certain outcome.
One of the most amazing gifts God has given us is perhaps the gift of wisdom! When the going gets tough or tight it is the Lord’s wisdom that resolves the situation! Wisdom is not reactive, it is an imparted skill. Wisdom is...
Why we should sometimes ask for wisdom and not for an answer
Sometimes we have the solution but not the steps to get the problem solved and instead of moving into action we wait for an answer, we want direction, we want to be led every step of the way. This is great but what if the Lord provided...
Becoming vs Being: What is the difference between them?
Have you ever seen a dandelion blown by the wind? It seems to dance with the wind. With the wind leading the dance, the dandelion happily submits and blows where the wind leads. God once told me that I need to be like that dandelion...
Why you should not change a thing Part 2
As soon as David saw Samuel, the old man said: “This is the one!”. God does not choose as men choose but sees the heart, he overheard the prophet saying as he talked to his father. After several weeks David’s brothers left for war and ...
Why you should not change a thing Part 1
What if you did not need to change a thing about yourself when you follow God? What if I told you that we actually need to become more of what He made us and not less? Radical right? Not when we are looking at scripture. Here we are...
OUR LIVES WERE PERFECTLY WRITTEN EVEN BEFORE IT BEGAN!
Here is the summary of the series: “Born for Destiny” where we looked at both King Josiah and King Cyrus’s lives. Here we learned that our lives were perfectly written by the Lord before we were even born! We saw how both Josiah and...
Born with destiny: How king Cyrus was chosen Part 2
Here is the concluding part of our series on King Cyrus! We have seen with King Josiah in: ‘Born with destiny, How King Josiah was chosen Part 2’ how exactly King Josiah lived out what God called him too! Now we will see how King Cyrus...
How king Cyrus was Chosen even before he was born
There are not many mentions of foreign kings chosen for God’s purposes, especially before they were born. However this is not the case for King Cyrus, he was chosen with purpose hundreds of years before he even existed. In this week's...
Born with destiny: How king Josiah was chosen Part 2
In the first part of this series: ‘Born with Destiny: How King Josiah was chosen’, we read about how King Josiah was called. We read that his role and purpose was not decided as he went along. He did not need to fight for his purpose...
Born with Destiny: How king Josiah was chosen
In a study on names, I found an amazing scripture about destiny and names. I would have totally missed it if it was not for my wonderful lexicon, titled ‘The Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament’ or in short the TWOT. In a...
How a Strength becomes a weakness: Solomon Part 2
As we saw in the first part of ‘How a Strength Becomes a Weakness: Solomon’, Solomon’s desire was to have constant peace. His divine design’s name; Solomon, means to be complete, to finish, to be whole, to be fulfilled and from this...
How a Strength Becomes a Weakness: Solomon
Solomon was known as the wealthiest man on earth, yet it was not Solomon’s wealth that made him unique. It was his special workmanship in the Lord. In the post how a strength becomes a weakness, we saw how Eli’s strength was also what...
Why it is important to know our differences
Knowing that each one of us is different, is one of the easiest ways to unleash our potential. Our differences are what makes us great! Too many times do we expect from others, what we expect from ourselves. We think that each and...
How a Strength becomes a Weakness
Our strengths propel us into our destiny. It is the vehicle we have to encounter our journey. But what if we rely so much on it, that we think that it is destiny in itself. What if our strength becomes our weakness?...
How Queen Sheba Acquired Wisdom
When queen Sheba came all the way from her palace, traveling through desert and sand to reach king Solomon she came only for one thing. She came for secrets. So rare was the unveiling and unwrapping of secrets to her that she would endur...
The secret of a great mindset
I once watched a movie that gave me a surprising shock about mindsets. It was a movie that took place in the second world war. The main character was riding his bike on the edges of an amazing valley in Germany until he woke. When he wok...
How do you value your true worth?
Insignificance can be one of the greatest enemies of significance ever. Peter was an ordinary fisherman working on the sea of Galilee when Jesus first called him. Before this moment when Jesus called Peter he would determine his worth...
How clarity can pull you into your future
One day in Hong Kong, China, I had this great experience learning about the value of clarity. I was in Hong Kong again on a ministry trip, visiting old and young wonderful friends. So I wanted to make a painting for them. This meant I...
How Preconceived Ideas can keep us from Destiny
There is a number of things that we sometimes have predetermined as believers. But what if God has something much greater for us than what we ever can imagine. What if our predetermined plan was actually hindering us from the joy...
Why It Is Important To See What Others Don’t
Each one of us sees something others just don’t. This didn’t just happen by chance. It happened because of the diversity ingrained in the Body of Christ. The fact that we see differently is not an obstacle, it is where our wealth...
Hi, I’m Derek Gross, the author of The Unveiling Wonders of God. I am absolutely passionate about seeing everyone fulfilling their God-given destiny. To see people living out their purpose inspires me. The subtitle of my book: “Finding the Supernatural Destiny in You!” is the theme we are going to discover here on this site. The blog’s name is “The ... Read More
