Promised Destiny - The One Year Worship the King Devotional
Promised Destiny
Read: Jeremiah 29:10-14
“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 WORD We look into our future and we fear. We are afraid of catastrophe, of heartache, of trouble and distress. We are afraid of crises in our finances, our families, and whatever else makes us feel secure. The problem is that we don’t know the future, and we imagine all the bad things that can happen in it. Our fear springs from a lack of knowledge. When we look ahead, we look with ignorance.
God sees our entire future and tells us to relax. No, it may not be easy and pain free. It may not stroke us in all the places we like to be stroked by fulfilling all of our fantasies and dreams. But it will be good. It will fulfill all of God’s plans for us, and His plans are never bad. He offers us hope and a future.
Those who say that God never promised us prosperity have missed this verse. What they mean is that God has not promised us prosperity as we often define it. That’s true, but He has promised us prosperity as He defines it. Whether we’ve been held in captivity, as Jeremiah’s audience had, or just gone through the school of hard knocks, we are under the watchful eye of God. He is directing and planning, restoring and forgiving, laying out a destiny that is full of His peace and purpose. The future is bright with the glory of God’s grace.
IN DEED Why would anyone read a horoscope when they could take this promise to heart? No, it doesn’t give specifics, but when the One who promises is God Himself, who needs specifics? We know the details will be good because the One who is ordaining them is good. Instead of clairvoyance, we need clear thinking. We need faith and rest in the character of God.
We have been given a destiny by the hand of God, the Giver of all good things. It is a plan for real prosperity and peace. It includes all His fullness and mercy. Cling to it. The only condition for it is turning and looking to Him.
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
—CORRIE TEN BOOM
