We all know the Bible verse Jeremiah 29:11
"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)
We use this verse as a calming thought when in distress and saying, "oh, it'll all be okay. God has a plan for my life so I just need to live life and see where it goes..." That is what it looks like when you read the verse by itself but when you read from before that verse it says that God sent the Israelites into captivity. They were pleading for God to release them... You read on and find out that this verse was a part of a letter that Jeremiah prophesied from God to the Israelites saying, "Yes, I sent you here but I have a plan for your life." We read on to find that in the next few verses it says, "Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile." (Jeremiah 29:12-14 ESV)
The whole meaning changes... We cannot just go through life stating Jeremiah 29:11 as a ritual we do every single morning and night. It's not something to just be said. It's something that we must live out, and pray out in our everyday life. If we put our whole life, prayers and meditation into desiring God's plan for our life, we will find it. If we look for God we will find Him and when our will lines up with God's will, you will find that you are in the right place. He will deliver you. You will feel it and know because when God gets you to where He intends for you to be it is ultimately astonishing and everything changes.
