God has great plans for you

"This is what the LORD says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again. 11For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope."      Jeremiah. 29:10-11.  NLT

The Israelites had been taken captive to Babylon and had lost all hope of ever being freed. Jeremiah, under the direction of the Lord, wrote the elders there a letter, encouraging them to be productive - build homes, marry, raise children and grandchildren, plant gardens and eat the food that they provide. In all things, don't lose hope because God is on your side and after 70 years in exile, He will come to take you home. 

There's a lesson. here, when you are in a place that you don't wish to be, don't give up; be as proactive as you can be; learn new skills, study, Don't be lost in a world of negativity. Learn to be positive about things, pray, pray and pray some more. God is there right beside you. You may be in a place that you really hate; this may be your job or where you live. But at this time, you can do nothing about it. God may have put a dream within your heart. Hang on to it, pray it in. Don't give up on it because when you give up on your dream you die. All that you had been hoping for lost and nothing to look forward to any longer. But you have something to look forward to and, at the right time it is coming.

Do you realise that God, has good plans for you? They are not disastrous plans but plans that as you focus on them positively, give you a hope. Whether you realise it or not, you have a great future ahead of you. Now that is something to be grateful for, in fact, to be full of joy because, joy that comes from the Lord gives you strength (Nehemiah 8:10). With this in mind, see yourself as a warrior who will never be stopped. You will forge ahead, doing the best you can do in an unworthy place, realising that tomorrow is coming. Like the Israelites, you may not have to wait 70 years, not all, your future is just around the corner.

Put your armour on; pick up your sword and go forward in the name of the Lord, turning bad into good, negativity into positivity and depression into warrior type thinking. After all, God has put a fighter in you!

Copyright 2025 Grahame Howard. 

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