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God’s Plans for Your Good

I know the plans I have in mind for you, declares the LORD; they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope. When you call me and come and pray to me, I will listen to you. When you search for me, yes, search for me with all your heart, you will find me.

—Jeremiah 29:11-13

When you’ve made your plans and filled in your to-do list, but all you accomplish is the right to watch your plans go up in smoke, or you check off just one thing on a list, it might be good to go back and remember whose you are. Go back to your Source of all that is good, get on your knees, and let him know that you’ve been wandering a bit too long on your own, and you really need his help. Search for him! If you do that, God promises to answer, to share the things he has in mind for you and to give you what you need. All things are possible with God, and most things are slippery slopes without him. He doesn’t want you to live in fear or challenge you with one disaster after another; he simply wants you to give him your heart. He’ll provide all you need from that point on.

Search for God with all your heart and he will give you all you need.

Hang this thought on the mirror of your heart today, and reflect the joy only God can give you.

RENEWED FOR A PURPOSE

Lord, thank you for bringing me back to you and for giving me hope. I look forward to all that you have planned for my life and I’m grateful. Amen.