THE LORD GOD HAS PLANS FOR US

PROCLAMATION

“ ‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares The Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  Then you will call on Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.  You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.’”  Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NIV)

EXPLANATION

These are the words of The Lord God which were spoken to the prophet Jeremiah and proclaimed to the people of Judah.  After the people of Judah and Jerusalem were taken into captivity in Babylon, Jeremiah sent them a letter which was hand delivered to them. (Jeremiah 29:1)  In the letter he conveyed to them what The Lord God revealed to him.  They were to settle down, build homes, get married, and have children so that they could increase in number. (Jeremiah 29:3-6)  He also again told them not to listen to the false prophets among them.  He said that after seventy years The Lord God would free them and bring them back to their homeland. (Jeremiah 29:10)  He has plans for them to prosper.

APPLICATION

The Lord God has plans for His people and He also plans for us to prosper in the future.  Exactly what that prosperity will be, or what it will look like, no one knows.  No man has seen, or heard of, or even perceived of what The Lord God has prepared for those who love Him. (Isaiah 64:4 and 1 Corinthians 2:9)  All we know is that it will be good because He said that He would give us “an expected end.” (Jeremiah 29:11, KJV)  So, let us pray and seek Him with all of our heart and He will hear us.