Shocker! God has a plan.

“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. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” - Jeremiah 29:11-13

I think it's cool that God tells Jeremiah that he has a plan for him. Not only a plan, but the word in Hebrew (Machashabah) can be rendered as "invention". God has a specific, particular, customized plan, invented just for you. He constructed your life before you began living it. Is that cool or what?

So what was the invention? Well it is to prosper you. The word here is "shalowm" and it means peace and completeness. Some make think the prosper is to bring riches. I on the other hand would value peace and the feeling of completeness above all the riches and prosperity this world has to offer. God wants that for you as well.

The last thing here I want to address is the word that gives us the phrase "hope and future". Tiqvah in Hebrew means a future hope. But it can also mean a chord. Have you ever felt light you needed someone to throw you a line, a chord? Something to get you out of the hole you found yourself in.

I think it's incredible that our loving God has specifically "invented" for us a life, here and now, of completeness and peace. He throws us a line. He provided hope and continues to do so every day. Take that chord and wrap it around you. The other end is firmly in the hands of the one that made you, loves you , and He will never let go.

Blessings...