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Finding Hope in Jeremiah 29:11: Understanding God’s Plans
In this episode, we reflect on Jeremiah 29:11 and its often m… (visit YouTube for more)
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Okay, let’s do it. Let’s take on that one verse that gets taken out of context all the time, and let’s meditate on this. It’s Jeremiah 29 11. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
God’s been speaking to the Israelites and telling them, this is what’s going to happen to you. You are going to go into exile. You’re going to go to Babylon. This is going to be a difficult time for you. It’s because of how disobedient you’ve been. God says, but still, in spite of all of that, in spite of your disobedience and the punishment that I have had to invoke on you, I still know what plans I have for you.
God has plans that affect all of us, that transcend time and eternity and that are steadfast and sure and cannot be shaken. No matter what we do, we cannot disrupt God’s plans for us. He is so faithful to us that He will continue with what He intends for us.
And so there’s comfort in this verse, no matter what we may be going through. Whether it’s a time of sorrow, discipline, joy, an apparently unfruitful season, whatever’s going on, God’s plans for us are unchanged. He loves us. He’s given us Jesus Christ. He’s promised us salvation. He’s promised us a future with him.
And because of all these things, we can have hope. Rest on the promises and plans of God for you. Let us not be like Peter, who, when walking on the water, looked down at it and thought, I can’t stand on this, and sank. Let us be the ones instead, who look up to our Master and say, You have called me. So I’m going to come.
Lord God, I thank you for your generosity to us. Thank you that you not only gave us salvation, but you gave us a future, a secure, eternal future. You have given us hope. You’ve given us love. You have given us life. Amen.
