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. Jeremiah 29:11

In the Bible Study Book by Kay Arthur, Pete De Lacy and Bob Vereen is this paragraph:

“In all probability, you’ve heard that wonderful promise God gave to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 29:11 and you’ve longed to embrace it as your own. Think about these questions asked by these authors:

Is it applicable to you?

Does God have a plan for your life?

Does God want the best for you?

Does God want you to have a future and a hope?

If so, what’s your role in this promise,

and how does it affect His ultimate desire for you?

Our study participants answered all the questions yes; our role in the plan is to trust God and believe he has a plan for us.

I went to the “King Richard” movie with a couple of friends. Richard Williams is the father of two world famous and #1 tennis players, Venus and Serena Williams. From the day they were born he had a plan for their lives. He told them as he taught them tennis that they were going to be the best players in the world and would no longer live in poverty where they had to sweep the courts to play. The movie does present the good-dad tributes of Richard, also.

Afterwards, I asked my two friends, “Should we want to start all over again with having a plan for each of our children?” We laughed and didn’t think it was a good idea.

However, God is not human like us. He had the plan to send his son at Christmas. The Bible is full of God’s plans for a Savior, and He gave Jesus to us that first Christmas.

Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for planning the world for us to live in and for sending us Jesus that first Christmas to be our Savior. Amen.

Sandra Hilsabeck