What do we do in the middle of
trouble?
Do I trust God when I don't
understand?
That's the situation the
captives found themselves in, and this was God's response.
Jeremiah 29:4-11 (NLT)
4 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God
of Israel, says to all the captives he has exiled to Babylon from Jerusalem:
5 “Build
homes, and plan to stay. Plant gardens, and eat the food they produce.
6 Marry
and have children. Then find spouses for them so that you may have many
grandchildren. Multiply! Do not dwindle away!
7 And work for
the peace and prosperity of the city where I sent you into exile. Pray to
the Lord for it, for its welfare will determine your welfare.”
8 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God
of Israel, says: “Do not let your prophets and fortune-tellers who are with you
in the land of Babylon trick you. Do not listen to their dreams,
9 because
they are telling you lies in my name. I have not sent them,” says the Lord.
10 This is what the Lord says: “You will be in Babylon
for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I
have promised, and I will bring you home again.
11 For I know
the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not
for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
God brings us through trouble and not from trouble.
1. We must too make our hope in our
Savior, Jesus.
John 16:33 NLT)
33 I (Jesus) have told you all this so that you may have peace
in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart,
because I have overcome the world.”
2. We must feed on God's truth.
Romans 12:2 (ESV)
2 Do not be conformed to this world,but be
transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern
what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
3. We must use our pain to reach
people. Nothing is wasted om God's economy.
2 Corinthians 5:20 (NLT)
20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal
through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”
4. Leave your mark on this moment. Do not
allow this moment to leave it's mark on you.
Hi,
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