HIS PLANS FOR YOU

 

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

 

HIS PLANS FOR YOU

 

Jer 29:11

11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

 

          What looked so terribly bad was made worse by disingenuous false prophets who made promises for personal gain. The Jews were captives in Babylon, and they would remain so for another seventy years. Their need was for endurance and hope. They were to build houses, raise families, and patiently hope.

 

          So here we are again, fuzzy headed and sleepy-eyed due to the window rattling celebration of a new calendar. Such must have been the scene when Moses returned from the mountain. He saw unthinking worship of a home-made golden calf that was most recently your neighbor’s earrings. Forrest’s mother was right. “Stupid is as stupid does.”

 

          My hope for the New Year is firmly grounded in the nature and character of the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me. He has plans and those plans will not be derailed by my misunderstanding of them nor my misguided attempts to help the One who needs no help from me.

 

Ps 37:7-8

7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

 

Lord, help me to press steadily onward as I wait for your marvelous plans to unfold. AMEN