Our Way-shower, Christ Jesus, makes it quite clear in his parable of the talents that there is a rich reward for conscientious, steady, fruitful work according to individual initiative.
When Christ Jesus humbly rode into Jerusalem near the close of his healing and teaching career, he was met with great joy and praise by disciples and followers.
We've all heard about inevitability—how a certain course of action acquires a momentum, a life of its own; how something will happen or not happen because something else has happened or didn't happen.