Published by GOD HAS A PLAN
Wouldn’t it be Spiritually Sweet, to know the Plan that God has for your Personal Life; to actually be able to live it with understanding and expectation? Yet, first as individuals we must understand that there is a Plan for our life. The Lord wants everyone to know and understand this truth; with this knowledge in a person’s heart, the foundation they are to stand upon becomes stronger; with this knowledge, their foundation is actually being established.
So many who are Sealed by the Holy Spirit find themselves going through an inner battle of uncertainty, confusion, doubt, worry; not knowing if they have a great future, not understanding their present path in life. When all seems out of control in your personal life, know in your heart that God has a plan to establish your life upon this Earth; know that He has a plan to overcome the personal situations you may be facing or will face. Know that He has spiritual peace for you even in the mist of your trials and tribulations; know that He has a plan to establish your whole life. For most people who are spiritually struggling, it’s because they are not walking on the paths He has laid out for them, which leads to His Blessings; they are more focused on their own abilities in getting through, not what God can do, read Proverbs 3:5-8. Once a person puts their thoughts on themselves in getting through, then their situations become bigger than what they really are. God literally has Paths for each person to walk, that leads to His Personal Reality for their life, read Psalm 16:11, 27:11, 119:35; Ephesians 1:13-14, (When possible, read the whole book. It explains all that God has done, the positon He has put you in and what you are to know when it relates to Him; you learn who you really are in His Sight. The armor of God (which must be worn) and the enemy of Mankind is also talked about, in chapter 6 of Ephesians)
In Jeremiah 29, the reality of God having a personal plan for your individual life is revealed. At this very moment, in your spirit and soul, His plan may not be seen or understood; but, if you can still realize the reality of Him having a plan and lean on this, then God’s Rest can be in your heart; through your faith, as you deal with each situation, read Hebrews 4. When you read Jeremiah 29:11 the following is read, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” This verse tells us a lot, the Lord tells us that He knows His Thoughts towards each of us. (Through His Word (Scripture, Bible), His Thoughts are revealed, read 2nd Timothy 3:16-17). God tells us in this one verse that His Thoughts are of Peace towards us, this is literally what He wants. He wants each person’s thoughts to be at peace also. He has Thoughts to get each person through the worst of their times. Yet, if a person doesn’t know this, if they don’t believe this, then they will spiritually pay the price (Though a person may go in another direction for inner peace, it usually leads back to an emptiness that must be filled; a void, that must be overcomed). For those wondering about their personal future, the Lord tells them that He has one for them; He has a future for them to experience that will lead to His Goodness. No matter what we as individuals have planned for our own personal future, no matter the wants, God’s plan is far greater in scope and fulfillment; His wants are more satisfying for us each to experience. A person’s own desires for them-self can not compare to what He has in store for them; He wants to give them more than what they could ever ask or think; all according to the power within that individual, their expectations, their faith, read Ephesians 3:20. He also has hope for them to walk in; if a person has no hope, then they automatically don’t see much of a bright future; thus, their present moments are automatically negative, down trodden. Without hope in God, there can be no faith in God, read hebrews 11:1,6.(Isn’t this what everyone on the Earth is looking for, “Hope” for a better tomorrow, for them-self and the World?)
The Lord tells us that He has peace for us, He has hope for us to walk in; that His Thoughts are not for a person to go through evil when it relates to their personal life. (Though many do go through hardship, because of Satan and his army and because of the bad choices a person makes. Yet, a person of faith is not to think it strange, when trials and tribulations come upon them; through adversity, faith grows, read Job, the whole book; Ephesians 6:12; 1st Peter 4:12-17) We also learn in Isaiah 55:8 that His Thoughts are not the same as ours, that His Ways are different – thus, He will resolve our problems in His Way, not our ways; the verse reads as this, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.” Read also Joshua 1:8-9. His thoughts are totally different from ours, thus, how He operates and comes to a conclusion is totally different; the Lord wants each of us to depend on His Thoughts, which leads to His Ways — His Word. His Blessing will come upon us, based on the way He thinks, not the way we think.
When this truth is understood and then believed, when it relates to God having a Plan for their personal life; when this truth actually means something deep in their heart, then their prayers to Him will be full of confidence; they will seek Him with a certain expectation of receiving from Him; they will have a certain trust in their heart, (This kind of attitude leads to God’s Rest), read Psalm 27:13-14, verse 13 states, “I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” Think of what is spoken in this verse, see the expectation that is being lived, see the spiritual attitudet; see the confidence lived.
Verse 12 of Jeremiah 29 reads as this, “Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.” When a person is confident in the Lord, then their prayer life is full of confidence. By knowing He has a plan for our life, we as individuals will call out to Him, seeking His will to be done and not our own, read Psalm 40:8, 143:10; Matthew 6:10, 26:42; Luke 11:2; Hebrews 10:7, 9. Just like in anything, if a person has trust in it, they most likely will lean upon it, depend on it. When a person calls out to God in prayer, with a true Heart; then God Himself will listen, He will also respond on their behalf; not everyone who prays to God is heard by Him, read John 4:22-26, when possible, read the whole chapter; James 4:3.
Jeremiah 29:13 tells us, “And you will seek Me and find me, when you search for Me with all your heart.” A person who truly depends on God will seek Him for this Plan of His, not their own, read Matthew 26:36-39. God tells us that He will be found by us, that we will literally find Him, when we seek Him with our whole heart, read Matthew 6:24-34, 7:7-11; Luke 11:1-13. With our whole heart we are to seek, for when we do, He will be found within our own self. (This is where God must be seen by each of us, within our own-self; the Holy Spirit brings back the Remembrance of God, to our Thoughts, read John 14:26) Remember, His Thoughts have a Plan that is already mapped out, already for us to walk in; through the Promises of His Word. God has given each person a gift to walk in, that will glorify Him, read 1st Corinthian 12; Ephesians 4:11-13. Through His Plan there is peace, not evil; through His Thoughts there is hope, which leads to a great future. Yet, when all is said and done, it will all depend on those Thoughts of His, which are stood on by the individual; this is what they will experience in their personal life. Realize that His Promises are there to handle every situation to be faced by a person (Even though you may not get a direct answer to a direct question, you will get an answer that allows you to be patient in receiving). Through their faith in Him, they will overcome; through their faith, His Plan for their life will be manifested; as they walk from faith to faith (Situation to situation); as they walk in the measure of faith given them, read Romans 1:17, 10:17, 12:3; Ephesians 2:8-9; Hebrews 11:1,6, 12:2; James 2.
BENJAMIN E. THOMPKINS JR.
