LISTEN
NASB:
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.”
NIV:
“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.”
Observations:
God has plans for us.
God knows the plans he has for us.
God’s plans are for us to prosper and for our welfare, to give us hope and a future.
God’s plans are not to harm us or to bring calamity upon us.
Takeaways:
The prophet Jeremiah is writing about God and the plans he has for his people.
How comforting is it to know that as we go throughout this troubled world, God has plans for us.
While no one is exempt from the storms of life, the plans God has for us are to prosper us, to give us hope and a future. He does not have plans to harm us or bring sudden disaster to us.
