Jeremiah 29:11 - Gods Plans For Us Are Good; Giving Us Hope And A Future.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) For I know the plans I
have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you
hope and a future.
INTRODUCTION
We're all encouraged by a leader who stirs
us to move ahead, someone who believes we can
do the task he has given and who will be with
us all the way. God is that kind of leader.
He knows the future, and his plans for us are
good and full of hope. As long as the God who
knows the future provides our agenda and goes with
us as we fulfill his mission, we can have
boundless hope. This does not mean we will be spared
pain, suffering, or hardship, but that God will
see us through to a glorious conclusion. [Life
Application SB]
COMMENTARY PEARL
Good Plans
Not all that happens in our lives is a
result of our choices. Some things happen to us. It
is in these tough places where we must garner
courage. God is a God of redemption. He can bring
life from even the most destitute of places.
There is never a situation he cannot lead us out
of with his love. We are never without his
mercy. We are never without hope.
Even when we don't understand why things
are happening the way they are, here's some
brutal and beautiful news: we don't have to make
everything in life a lesson or to make sense of all
things. We can trust the victorious one who will
make all things right. Let's have the courage to
trust the power of his love, and that he will lead
us into his goodness.
Trust that if you are in the midst of
suffering, this is not the end of your story. [365 Days
of Courage by Sara Perry of Broadstreet Pub]
COMMENTARY
Satan has represented God as selfish and
oppressive, as claiming all, and giving nothing, as
requiring the service of His creatures for His own
glory, and making no sacrifice for their good. But
the gift of Christ reveals the Father's heart.
It testifies that the thoughts of God toward us
are "thoughts of peace, and not of evil." [Jer.
29:11] It declares that while God's hatred of sin
is as strong as death, His love for the sinner
is stronger than death. Having undertaken our
redemption, He will spare nothing, however dear, which
is necessary to the completion of His work. No
truth essential to our salvation is withheld, no
miracle of mercy is neglected, no divine agency is
left unemployed. Favor is heaped upon favor, gift
upon gift. The whole treasury of heaven is open
to those He seeks to save. Having collected the
riches of the universe, and laid open the resources
of infinite power, He gives them all into the
hands of Christ, and says, All these are for man.
Use these gifts to convince him that there is no
love greater than Mine in earth or heaven. His
greatest happiness will be found in loving Me. DA 57
CLOSING THOUGHT
The very trials that task our faith most
severely and make it seem that God has forsaken us,
are to lead us closer to Christ, that we may lay
all our burdens at His feet and experience the
peace which He will give us in exchange. PP 129
LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY
Jeremiah 29:11 - God's Plans For Us Are
Good; Giving Us Hope And A Future:
https://www.abible.com/devotions/2024/20240112-0729.html
https://www.abible.com/devotions/2023/20230518-1135.html
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2023/20230101-0846.html
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2020/20200716-0903.html
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2013/20131104-1716.html
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2008/20081020-1229.html
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