God's Plans for You are Good

Jeremiah 29:11 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.

Do you know what the future holds for you? If you are sick with a terminal disease you might know that you don't have many days left to live. However, even then you don't know what the future holds. That is because the future belongs to God and not you.

When God uttered the a above words to Israel the scene was bleak. We often hear these words quoted out of their context and think them so lovely. But these words were spoken as Israel was being taken into a captivity that would last for 70 years! This plan that God had for Israel would only see its fulfillment in the following generations.

You talk about a long term investment! This was it. This entire generation would pass from the world scene and into eternity without ever seeing their promised land again. They serve as a warning for you and me. When God's plan is finally worked out and displayed for all to see, we will be in awe of its detail and design. His plan is for our good, even though it might take us out of familiar surroundings now and then.

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