Every
day I meet people who are in desperate need of finding some hope. Many don’t have a relationship with God. Some know God but have allowed their
situation or their pain cloud what they believe about God.
Hope
is a result of believing in God. Hope is
a by-product of pointing our lives toward God.
Hope is a natural outcome for the person who is serving other people and
seeking to share God’s love with people who are in need of it. Hope changes our lives and will change
others.
One of
the verses that I hear from people is this:
For 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. In those days when
you pray, I will listen. If you look for
me wholeheartedly, you will find me.
Through
the last few years I have met many people who have said that Jeremiah 29:11 is
their favorite verse and promise from God.
It is an incredible reminder of who God is and how God wants to work in
our lives. His plans for His kids is for
hope and a positive future. I don’t know
about, but that is the kind of future that I need and want.
The
next two verses are also important ones.
They remind us of some things that come out of the lives of people who
are seeking God.
The
first truth is about prayer. People who
put their hope in God and allow God to put His hope in their life are people of
prayer. Did you hear the promise? God will listen to their prayer!
The
second truth is that we will find God when we seek Him. But notice a word that we often miss. It is the word “wholeheartedly”. Big word.
Critical truth. Seeking God half
way will not get you God’s full blessing.
Seeking God half way will not give you the hope that can and will
transform your life.
Here
is the progression that these verses give us … when we believe God and allow
His hope to fill our lives, God will hear our prayers and our lives will be
blessed with His greatness and presence.
Sounds pretty awesome to me.
I need
that kind of hope. How about you?
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