For I Know Thde Plans I Have For You, Plans To Prosper And Not To Harm You. Plans To Give You A Hope And A Future

JEREMIAH 29:11-14
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.
”‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29:11-14‬ ‭NKJV‬
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We are all encouraged by a leader who stirs us to move ahead; someone who believes we can do the task given and who will be with us all the way.
Our God is that kind of leader; He knows the future, and His plans for us are good and full of hope.
He provides our assignments in service and goes with us all the way.
That doesn't mean we won't struggle, or suffer, or experience hardships, but God will see us through to a glorious conclusion.
God did not forget His people, even though they were captives in Babylon. It was His plan to give them a new beginning with purpose to turn them into a new people.
At times it feels like God has forgotten us as we struggle through our trials and challenges, especially now in these days of darkness and dictatorship.
But truly I tell you, He is preparing us as He did the people of Judah, for a new beginning with Him in the centre.
God's plan was to give His people hope and a good future; consequently, they could call upon his name in confidence.
Today is no different; even through the conflict and confusions of today’s world, you can call upon the name of the Lord and He will hear you, strengthen you, and take good care of you.
Although the exiles were in a difficult place and time, they did not despair because they had God's presence, the privilege of prayer, and God's love and grace.
If we seek Him diligently, He will be found.
Neither a far or strange land, sorrow, persecution, nor physical problems can break our fellowship with God, for nothing can separate us from His love (ROMANS 8:38-39).
Job experienced many trials and challenges, because God allowed Satan to test Him. Since we are saved by faith, just as Satan wanted to destroy Job's faith to prise him from God's hand, so he plans the same for you and me today.
But God uses those severe test, to build and strengthen us as he did Job.
Every time your faith is tested, it is because God allowed it to build, strengthen, and prepare you for such a time as this (JAMES 1:2-4).
it's Satan's plan to destroy your faith, and tempt you into sin because sin separates us from God; but God uses your trials to strengthen your character and faith in Jesus Christ our Saviour that you can endure to the very end (see MATHEW 24:9-14).
Peter denied Christ three times (MATHEW 26:34-75). But Jesus knew of Peters failure before he sinned; he predicted Peter would become fearful and deny him three times before the rooster crows. But He also knew Peter would repent, and arranged to meet Him after his resurrection.
Sometimes, like Peter we will mess up, either through fear or deception, or some reason or another, but God is merciful and you are truly safe in His hands.
“Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.”
‭‭James‬ ‭4:7-10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
We believers must face these trials and learn from them, that God can finish the good work He started within us to the full conclusion when Jesus Christ returns (PHILIPPIANS 1"6).
Many are waking up to the truth of the evil agendas of much of the world leaders.
Today, God is doing a new thing; He is dismantling man’s old church that was distorted by the Pharisees and sadduces of the past, and building His apostolic five fold ministry (EPHESIANS 4:11).
My beloved, the fear mongering and restrictions that are being placed on our daily lives are here to mislead and prepare you (to bewitch the people GALATIANS 3:1), to mislead them into believing the lies of the enemy.
This is mass formation psychoses; people are bewitched into believing the lie and are putting their trust in science, money, and false religious opinions.
“Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.””
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5:14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
Come away from the old man made religions and embrace the five fold ministry of Christ.
Jesus said, ”I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.“
‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
My beloved, there is no other way to our Father in heaven, therefore, stand down, hand the reins to Jesus and allow Him to operate through His Apostles, Prophets, Teachers, Pastors, and Evangelist, of which every member falls into at least one of these categories (EPHESIANS 4:11), and the signs and wonders of God will follow.
“Then the Lord will be zealous for His land, And pity His people. The Lord will answer and say to His people, “Behold, I will send you grain and new wine and oil, And you will be satisfied by them; I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations. “But I will remove far from you the northern army, And will drive him away into a barren and desolate land, With his face toward the eastern sea And his back toward the western sea; His stench will come up, And his foul odor will rise, Because he has done monstrous things.” Fear not, O land; Be glad and rejoice, For the Lord has done marvelous things! Do not be afraid, you beasts of the field; For the open pastures are springing up, And the tree bears its fruit; The fig tree and the vine yield their strength. Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in the Lord your God; For He has given you the former rain faithfully, And He will cause the rain to come down for you— The former rain, And the latter rain in the first month. The threshing floors shall be full of wheat, And the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil. “So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, And praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; And My people shall never be put to shame. Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: I am the Lord your God And there is no other. My people shall never be put to shame. “And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. “And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the Lord Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, As the Lord has said, Among the remnant whom the Lord calls.“
‭‭Joel‬ ‭2‬:‭18‬-‭32‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
My beloved, trust God’s plan, for it is for good, not disaster, to give us believers a future and a hope.
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.