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. Jer 29:11 (NIV)
I don't know about you, but I have definitely asked God, on many occasions, if He knows what He's doing when it comes to my life and His plan for it. With the general chaos of living going on around me, at times it seems like there's no light at the end of the tunnel. It can feel hopeless and God-absent. It's not until I'm on the other end of those times that I realise He was there all along, protecting me, and guiding me. Working it all for good and ultimately His glory. I love how the Message starts off this famous verse “I know what I'm doing…” It's a promise you have to constantly remind yourself of in those challenging seasons. You have to keep lifting your eyes off the circumstance, as all-consuming as they can be, and focus on the promise. He is there. He won't leave and He will use it to direct you onto His plans to give you a future and hope. What you're going through now is not where things will end… it's a promise! It's His promise!
So today, whatever you face, instead of asking God if He knows what He's doing, ask Him what it is He wants to do in you. The Psalmist writes “Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the Godly abandoned or their children begging for bread.” (Psalms 37:25). Today, trust that God knows what He's doing and has your situation all planned out… This is the peace that surpasses all understanding that Philippians 4 speaks of! Have the best day… praying for ya!
