![]() 20 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. ![]() 18 And I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence and I ( I)will deliver them to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth-to be ( J)a curse, an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them, 19 because they have not heeded My words, says the Lord, which ( K)I sent to them by My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them neither would you heed, says the Lord. A small gift of $5.00 can go toward our goal of helping people grow in faith, heal, laugh, and thrive-both locally and globally.15 Because you have said, “The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon”- 16 ( G)therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, concerning all the people who dwell in this city, and concerning your brethren who have not gone out with you into captivity- 17 thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like ( H)rotten figs that cannot be eaten, they are so bad. If this was helpful to you, we’d be grateful for your support. ![]() I have it all planned out-plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.” (Jeremiah 29:11, MSG). The Message version says this verse this way: ![]() So, feel free to dig a little deeper into the meaning of this verse with these resources: We get the most out of each verse when we understand them in context. And God keeps this promise to us in the work of Jesus, His son, who brings us peace with God. But, when we as Christians continue to believe and have faith in Christ, He does promise to be with us, to comfort us in times of need, and that we will rejoice with Him for eternity in heaven. 29 These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders among the exiled people, the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Neb·u·chad·nezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, 2 after King Jec·o·niah, + the queen mother, + the. God doesn’t promise riches, or perfect health, or a problem-free life. Like these Israelites, we might be asked to persevere through difficult times because it’s part of God’s plan to help us grow, and also to make us part of His larger plan to help bring all people to Christ. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans. But why? Because, like the butterfly grows strong enough to fly by straining against the cocoon it struggles to exit, we also need to persevere through difficult times to become stronger and grow our faith. For I know the plans I have for you Jeremiah 29:11. God doesn’t always provide an immediate escape. Imagine how hard it was for these people to hear it would take 70 years for God to fulfill His promise. And the message God provided was that He had an awesome plan of hope.īut first, God asked these people to stay where they were, grow, and be examples of God’s love to the Babylonians around them (see Jeremiah 29:5-7, 10). These people desperately wanted an immediate end to their suffering. This verse was originally a promise to the Israelites who were in exile-forced from their homes in Jerusalem to Babylon under enemy rule. None of us wants God’s plan to include struggles, but sometimes it’s for our own good and growth sometimes it’s because God has made us strong enough to help others who need Him. Even though we still make mistakes and sin, God declares that he still has good things in store for those who love Him. He is not surprised by anything and, in fact, He has made a plan for each of us. God knows all and has authority over everything that was, is, and is to come. Sometimes, God’s plan includes a miraculous rescue and other times it is to let us grow stronger in the midst of hardship. But if you’re here, you might be struggling with something and wondering, “why am I still suffering? When will this pain end? Where’s my hope? Where’s my prosperity?”
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