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““I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”” Jeremiah 1:5
Have you ever had an idea for a project? You did all the planning, bought the materials and put it together only to find that it didn’t work out exactly the way you had hoped. In fact, maybe it was so far away from what your idea was that it wasn’t even useful?
I admire people who can put a project together in their mind and then have it come out exactly the way they had hoped.
That’s exactly what happens to the prophet Jeremiah. God calls him to be his messenger. God calls him for a purpose. And Jeremiah‘s words to the nation of Israel prove that God’s project worked out just exactly as he had planned.
The same is true for us. The Psalmist tells us that every day of our lives are planned by God. He sees us in our mothers womb and knows exactly how he wants us to turn out.
So don’t lose heart. You may be in a period of your life right now where it seems like nothing is going right. You may even be feeling like a total failure because of mistakes you’ve made in the past.
God has a purpose for you. He can take the mistakes of your past and help you learn from them so that they become stepping stones to a bright future.
None of us are here by chance. Each of us has a God planned purpose. All we need to do is allow him to take control of our lives and show us the path that he has for us. In God’s eyes you are exactly as he had hoped.
And remember, as someone once said, “God don’t make no junk!”
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” Proverbs 17:17
The Bible constantly reminds us that life for the follower of Jesus will not be easy. There will be storms; there will be obstacles; there will be disappointments and there will be pain.
God never promises to remove those parts of our lives but he does promise to walk through those things with us and give us strength.
He does that in two ways. First, God gives us His Holy Spirit to encourage us and remind us of his power and love.
Secondly, He uses godly friends to be there to encourage us, lift us up and pray for us.
Unfortunately, many times we aren’t there for those people who need to hear a word of encouragement and love.
Remind yourself today of God‘s great power and love for you. Surround yourself with good godly friends and be someone others can count on to remind them of Jesus’ love and grace.
Difficult roads were never meant to be traveled alone.
Mike Fisk & Built with Grace 