Jeremiah 29:11 - 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.

“FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU,” SAYS THE LORD.

Let that sink in because HE does have plans for you, but if you are anything like me, maybe you don’t always see it. Maybe it’s hard to see because it seems like you have gone battle after battle and hurt after hurt, and maybe the plans seem blurred, but… HAVE YOU CONSIDERED, the rest of the verse.

”THEY ARE PLANS FOR GOOD AND NOT FOR DISASTER, TO GIVE A FUTURE AND A HOPE.”

To consider means to think about, to contemplate, to reflect, to acknowledge, to recognize, but it doesn’t mean to ignore, reject, or overlook.

We go through things and think, ” God these plans you have for me seem to be hurting me more than helping,”

BUT!

Have you considered the change in you? The change that happens to you and within you because of the battles, trials, and struggles. They hurt and are uncomfortable, and all you want to do is get to a safe place.I want to tell you, God is your safe place!  For me, I never considered that in my weakness, I’d find strength within me to keep getting up every time the enemy knocked me down with something.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 – ⁹ Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. ¹⁰ That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong. We have to know that the enemy will not stop. He is just tries harder. I want you to know that through it, God never leaves you. In the darkness, you find light.

Maybe you are down but once you realize the newfound strength within you. Just look up, you will see the hand of God move on your behalf. Psalm 121:1-2 – I look up to the mountains does my help come from there? ² My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth! The moment you look up, and realize, HE ‘S there, you will begin to believe the other half of the verse – THEY ARE PLANS FOR GOOD AND NOT DISASTER, TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPE.

I never considered that thru the hurt, through the changes, and the trials that HE was preparing me and building me up for the promises and the plans he has for me. I don’t know what you’re going through or what you’ve gone through, but I pray that you keep this verse close and repeat it so much you won’t forget it and you always remember…. HE KNOWS THE PLANS HE HAS FOR YOU!

Our ways aren’t HIS ways! His ways aren’t ours! Isaiah 55:8-9 “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. ⁹ For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,so, my ways are higher than your way and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. Let’s be honest, who, wouldn’t pick the easiest, shortest, less painful way. Through the battles, trials, and struggles you may feel you’ve lost. You feel you lost when things didn’t turn out the way you thought they were going to turn out. LIES!! Don’t let the lies of the enemy get you to believe that your ways are better than God’s way. I want to tell you that no matter how much you hurt, struggle, and fight, God’s way, HIS way is the best way. He won’t leave you down and broken and if you let HIM do things HIS way it brings growth, endurance, love, strength, and so much more.

Walk in confidence that his plans for you will come together. You will realize it was all worth it. You will then look forward to a better future, and you find the hope you thought you lost is still found in God. Keep the faith. Faith doesn’t mean you won’t have questions. To me, it just means you will keep going and trust that even if it hurts, I will keep going because I know who to take it all to. I can trust that EVEN If it’s the darkest, driest place I’ve ever walked, crawled, or dragged my way through, I know that just on the other side, is the plans GOD has for me.

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED?

Have you considered that through your greatest pain, is where you find your ministry waiting to be born. HE planned it for good, for a future and a hope.