(*Note: This was taken from another blog I have- my weight loss blog. But I thought I would share it here as well, for the readers who don't see that one!)
Jeremiah 29:11-13
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.
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
I once heard a sermon speaking about the issue of these verses not being a specific promise to me personally, but to the Israelite people. However, I can know that I, too, am the Lord's beloved, and He cares for me just the same. We often hear the first part of this passage. In fact, it is so overused it almost comes across as cliche. :( But even so, Jeremiah 29:11 is a powerful promise. The thing which strikes me as so much more lovely in this promise though, is not the fact that the Lord has good things for me... but that He has them even BEFORE I call upon Him and seek Him. Read the 12th and 13th verses again. His goodwill toward me is something NOT based upon my actions. His desire for me is something which comes from His love for me. Not from what I can garner to do for Him first. It is because He loves me, that I love Him. My Lord is not a *Re-Active* God, but a *Pro-Active* God. How then, can I not trust Him to help me to do what is in His best interest for me?
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