21 Days of Prayer - Day 10 - Tuesday January 16 - God’s Work in Us - Our Future
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
God’s plans are always good plans -and because of these plans we can have hope and be confident that God has a future for us.
This verse is often much easier to memorize than to live out. God knows the plans but often we don’t know the plans He has for us.
When we are in the dark, we can’t see around us - it’s unknown to us and it creates some anxiety and fear.
We can have in our heads God has great plans for us, but often in our hearts, we have anxiety - will may think will we ever see the great plans God has - will it come to fruition.
We can’t stay in that place of fear and anxiety - that’s the enemy's plans for us. But we stand in prayer and spiritual warfare to claim those plans - to fight in prayer. Here’s what we can stand on today -
Pray these truths today:
God is for me - we know this -
What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us. Romans 8:31 (NIV)
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? …. 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:35, 37-39 (NIV)
If we have God - we have all we need. Me + God = all we need.
God is with me - His presence is with us every day. The last words of Jesus before He ascended -
“…and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:20 (NIV)
If you have felt all alone - presence or future - you need to remember that Jesus is with us to the end of the age.
God has my future in His hands -
“But I am trusting you, O Lord, saying, “You are my God!” Psalm 31:14 (NLT)
Our future is in the good hands of a good, good Father.
Samuel reminded people of God’s help.
Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer,[a] saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.” 1 Samuel 7:12 (NIV)
- They raised up a stone (Ebenezer) - a stone of hope - that God is faithful. He’s been faithful in our past and He will continue to be faithful to us.
The past 5 days we have experienced winter at it’s finest - bitter cold, a ton of snow, power outages, plugged driveways - clogged drains - and sickness (colds) - It throws us off our usual schedules, it keeps us from getting together for worship and it raises some anxiety and fear in our lives - YET KNOW THIS - WE HAVE A GOOD GOOD FATHER - HE IS OUR HOPE.
He has blessed us before and He’ll continue to bless us. You can have confidence in this: God is for me. God is with me. God has my future in His hands.
