God Promises Good Plans For Your Life

“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. Then you will call on Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.” — Jeremiah 29:11-12

These powerful words are part of a letter from the prophet Jeremiah to the Jews who had been exiled to Babylon. Their beloved city, Jerusalem, had been destroyed, and the people had been carted away from the land. Things could not have been much worse. Yet this was what God had promised if the people continued their disobedience. Reading 1 and 2 Kings will quickly reveal the depth of the people’s faithlessness. So great is God’s love, however, that He promised to bring His people home again (Jeremiah 29:10). Then follows the amazing promise that God has plans for them — good plans — that give them a future and a hope. When they pray, He will listen.

As God’s people today, we also can claim this promise.

God does have plans for us, plans to prosper and not to harm, plans that will give us a future and a hope.

God’s plans are good. Thank the Lord for the promise of good plans full of hope.

God’s Promise To me

• I have plans for your life.
• When you pray, I will listen.

My Prayer to God

Thank You for Your plans, Lord. You promise that when I pray, You will listen. Help me persevere in seeking You. In seeking You, I know that I will find You.

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Your Turn

Are you in a season of feeling like God must have abandoned you because so much has seemingly gone utterly wrong? Does it feel like God made a mistake? Or forgot? Or maybe you wonder if He’s surprised by your circumstances and wondering how to redeem and restore things, or if that’s even possible. Read Jeremiah 29:11-12 again. The Lord is waiting and listening to hear your cry.

You are invited to join the conversation on our blog. We would love to hear your story and your response to this Bible Promise! ~ Devotionals Daily