Verse of the Day 4/13

Jeremiah 29:11-12 (ESV)  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. ¹²  Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.

 

I read these verses in my devotions this morning and they were fitting for the day.  They are fitting for our lives.  We don't know what any day will hold, but as Christians we hold onto these words with hope and in prayer.

 

They are especially fitting for me today as we wait for the arrival of our granddaughter Ava.  My daughter in law, Kristen's water broke, giving notice to Ava's approaching arrival.  She is coming 7 weeks early according to the doctors view, but apparently the Lord had a different time table.  We lift our prayers to God for her welfare, for her future, for her salvation.  The verses are fitting for expectant parents, grandparent's, great grandparents for all of their children.

 

The verses and these thoughts brought to mind an old hymn, "Praise the Saviour, Ye Who Know Him". 

Praise the Savior, ye who know Him!
Who can tell how much we owe Him?
Gladly let us render to Him
All we are and have.

Jesus is the Name that charms us,
He for conflict fits and arms us;
Nothing moves and nothing harms us
While we trust in Him.

Trust in Him, ye saints, forever,
He is faithful, changing never;
Neither force nor guile can sever
Those He loves from Him.

Keep us, Lord, O keep us cleaving
To Thyself, and still believing,
Till the hour of our receiving
Promised joys with Thee.

Then we shall be where we would be,
Then we shall be what we should be,
Things that are not now, nor could be,
Soon shall be our own.

Praise Him today as your future and your hope and as your vital necessity.  Call on Him and He will hear.

 

In Christ,
Mike

 

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Jeremiah 29:11-13 Amplified Bible (AMP)

¹¹For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.

    ¹²Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear and heed you.

    ¹³Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me [as a vital necessity] and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.