Good Plans for a Bright Future
by Gloria Copeland
There’s so much bad news being broadcast these days, I sometimes think I should tape a copy of Jeremiah 29:11 to every remote control in our house. That way, every time I turn on the television and see the latest negative reports and dire forecasts being touted by the media, I’ll be reminded of what the Bible says:
“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future’” (New International Version).
For all of us as believers, that is the truth. It doesn’t matter what else is going on in the world, God has a good future prepared for us. He has a plan for us so filled with His BLESSING that the more we walk in it, the more we’ll see His goodness manifested around us everywhere we look.
Even in the midst of this sin-darkened world, God’s will is for us to be abundantly blessed in every way. He wants us to be whole and complete—spirit, soul and body—with nothing missing and nothing broken. He wants us to be free from every work of the devil. He wants our families to be saved and thriving, our homes to be peaceful and our finances prospering. If something in our life isn’t right, He has a plan to make it right.
I’m telling you, if I’ve learned anything over nearly 50 years of walking with the Lord it’s this: God is a good God! His plan for our future far exceeds anything we could ever come up with on our own.
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8-9).
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