Category: Faith and Spirituality

Endure the fire for the future

But the promise God gave them was- no matter how bad things were about to get, God had a plan and He would not abandon them forever. 

 

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Planning for a hopeful future

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, NIV
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This is one of the most often quoted , misapplied verses in the Bible, but the comfort this verse offers is far deeper than the out of context promise often claimed. 

This was the context of the promise – it was made to people while God was destroying their nation,  tearing down the Temple, and sending them  into 70 years of captivity in a foreign land. Families were torn apart, people were enslaved; those left behind in a desolate homeland struggled to survive starvation.

But the promise God gave them was- no matter how bad things were about to get, God had a plan and He would not abandon them forever. 

The same God who promised them their suffering would end, and they would come into a brighter future because of the hardship they would experience,  is the same God who brings us into the covenant  (binding) promises.

Jeremiah 29:11
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Endurance for the future

I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity.

Jeremiah 29:14

No matter what fire we are in, if it is the Lord’s discipline we are enduring, God  will bring us into a better future if we allow the fire to purify  and strengthen us.

When you feel like giving up, endure.

Adapted from a commentary by Jeremy Scott Wilson, B.A., Biblical and Theological Studies; he blogs at Awakening to basics .

 

Jeremiah 39:18
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“You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,

 

Revelation 4, NIV 

In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.

 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.

 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:

“‘Holy, holy, holy

is the Lord God Almighty,

who was, and is, and is to come.”

Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives forever and ever,  the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever.

They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
    and by your will they were created
    and have their being.”

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