I like to use the Butterscotch flavourant when baking at home , but one day I tasted it and realized that I couldn’t consume it all by itself; It had such a sweet, sour, tangy taste combo but when mixed with other ingredients, the cake comes out super sweet. You wouldn’t gulp the baking powder mixed with water; neither would you start licking the butter all alone- They are all meant to be combined to give you your desired result. So are the good and seeming bad moments in life- They are all working together for a purpose!
Today, I bring to you a message of Hope and Assurance from the Bible; precisely from Jeremiah 29:11. A lot of people can quote that passage top of their head but today, I would like to read the verse just before it, to understand why God gave such an assurance.
“The LORD says, ‘When Babylonia's seventy years are over, I will show my concern for you and keep my promise to bring you back home. 11 I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future you hope for.( Jer 29:11 GNT)
God’s people had been taken away in captive, and it wasn’t the first time this was happening- they were held bondage in Egypt but God came through and this season of their lives too, He assured He’d come through again.
The truth is that whilst we are here on earth, trials are bound to come time and again. Life is full of cyclical moments of Trials and Triumphs. Victory over a circumstance and answered prayers should be celebrated and whilst we move on to other things, we should go along with one; the lesson of every trial and secondly a stamp of gratitude on our hearts. Because just around the corner would be a challenge that will require both elements; the lesson and gratitude from previous trials as an anchor for our souls.
Sometimes you are tempted to wonder if God sees your predicaments at all. And especially when you talk to two, three other brethren, and everyone seems to have a challenge they are battling, you are so tempted to conclude that the era of God answering prayers is over.
No! God has a word on your subject, He’s got a plan and a purpose for you and it’s none other than taking you to the place of fulfillment.It sounds like a cliché but trust me, your challenges are not weighty to truncate the purpose of God for your life. Don’t pile up the weight of Ingratitude, grumbling, depression in your waiting moments.
I’ll end with the Message version of that scripture
“I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for”
“I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for”
Keep Trusting God!
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