"For I know the plans that I have for you," proclaims the LORD, "plans for government assistance and not for catastrophe to give you a future and an expectation."
—Jeremiah 29:11
In 1986, a generally secret melodic gathering called Timbuk3 recorded a hit tune named, "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades." It was a "one-hit wonder" that turned into a top pick of many, particularly secondary school and school graduates. Albeit initially planned as mockery, the infectious verses really gave audience members a feeling of expectation and incredible desire for what's to come.
Be straightforward: do you have expectation and extraordinary desire for what's to come? Do you live with a feeling that incredible things are not too far off for you? Do you keep your shades close by? God needs that for you!
God uncovers Himself in the Bible as "the God of expectation" (Rom. 15:13). He is the God of uplifting news, fresh starts, and extraordinary desires. He told his antiquated individuals, ousted in Babylon, that their greatest days were yet to come. Despite the fact that they had experienced unpleasant occasions due to their wrongdoing and resistance, God actually had BIG and superb designs for them. He needed them to get amped up for their future.
GETTING EXCITED
As you and I consider our life, our family, our vocation, and our future, I am persuaded that we have to trust God and, by confidence, put on our shades. God has guaranteed a brilliant and sublime future for the individuals who love Him and keep their eyes on Jesus.
Try not to let yourself get melancholy, negative, and skeptical. Keep in mind, we are to stroll by confidence and not by sight (2 Cor. 5:7). A negative point of view uncovers a fickle conviction that Jeremiah 29:11 is simply an unfilled guarantee from God. It uncovers that we absurdly accept what's to come is dark, hopeless, and blah. Nothing could be further from reality. At the point when God gives a guarantee, you can count on it! It is inconceivable for Him to lie (Heb. 6:18).
As adherents and devotees of Jesus Christ, we ought to be so EXCITED about today and the days ahead. God has guaranteed beneficial things, not catastrophe. He has guaranteed an incredible future, not a terrible one - "Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the core of man, all that God has arranged for the individuals who love Him" (1 Cor. 2:9).
PLACING FAITH IN ACTION
Regardless of what you are confronting today - cash issues, job issues, conjugal issues, school issues, medical conditions, sorrow issues, disappointment issues - will you just trust God that the best is really yet to be? In the event that you have trespassed and blown it no doubt, atone and admit your wrongdoings to God and let Him bring absolution and reclamation (1 John 1:9). In the event that you have fallen into the dejection of despondency, told God that you will begin trusting His guarantees, paying little heed to the current conditions.
The decision is yours: a splendid future or a disheartening future? Strolling by confidence or strolling by sight? Trusting God or accepting the fiend? I believe you will settle on the correct decision, and you will go along with me in putting on the shades!
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