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. (Jeremiah 29:11 ESV)
How do we know God's will for us? We always want to know the answer, especially when we faced a dire situation not specifically mentioned in the Bible. Although we know our ultimate destiny of eternal life, sometimes we may lose all we have on earth, just like what happened to Lot, who lost everything in Sodom and Gomorrah but kept his life (Genesis 19:29). So if we place a lot of value on our present life, we may be very disappointed with God when unpleasant things happen to us.
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived. (Genesis 19:29 BSB)
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV)
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. (Hebrews 11:6 ESV)
He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God] - yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11 Amplified Bible)
No comments:
Post a Comment