His Plans!

Jeremiah 29: 11        ESV

¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Sometimes just focusing on small verses of scripture, can get us in a bit of trouble.

People take the Bible out of context all the time.

It’s best to read the whole story, before making a conclusion.

It reminds me a story I once heard.

Frank was feeling down, and he was looking for direction from God, so he asked his wife Francine to randomly turn in the Bible to see what God wanted to tell him.

Francine turned to Matthew 27: 5 and found on the words... “Judas hanged himself”...then she flipped to Luke 10: 37... and found the words, ”Go and do likewise”.

Francine’s final random turn in the Bible for Frank was at John 13: 27...”What you do, go quickly!”

All sorts of believers quote minute portions of scripture all the time, for their benefit.

Often times we alter the meaning of Bible verses without even realizing it.

Today’s Bible verse is one of the top quoted Bible verses of all time.

It appears over and over on inspirational posters and t-shirts.

Life stinks? God has a plan for you! Out of money? God has a plan for you! Trouble with the chick? God has a plan for you!!

Jeremiah 29: 11 is a verse for the ages, but talk about having a bad day!

Maybe we’ve forgotten that this verse points to a plan alright, that included King Nebuchadnezzar dumping the most prominent Jews in Babylon for 40 years.

Maybe God’s plan has a lot more to do about Him, than it actually has to do with solving all of our problems.