“I say this because I know the plans that I have for you.” This message is from theLord. “I have good plans for you. I don’t plan to hurt you. I plan to give you hope and a good future. Then you will call my name. You will come to me and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will search for me, and when you search for me with all your heart, you will find me. Jeremiah 29:11-13 ERV

What a beautiful Word this morning. He knows the plans he has for us. Good plans! Sweet friend, did you know that our Father has nothing but good plans for your future? He wants to give you hope and a good future. He wants you to call on him, to search for him and know that he’s not elusive, hiding each time you draw near to him. No, he is a findable God. I like that. God isn’t hiding from you, he’s merely waiting for you to search for him.

I know one thing for sure, that if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you’ll be saved and because you believe, he has sent his Holy Spirit to live in you, it’s the Spirit of God that lives in you so you don’t have to look far to find him, he’s right inside you. So how do I find him? I close my eyes and allow myself to be quiet before him and declare my love for him. I ask him to speak to me in whatever way I need to hear his voice today because I belong to him, therefore I desire to serve him in whatever capacity he needs me to. I ask him to allow me to express his love to others, his pure unconditional love. Then I declare his Word over my life, my home, my family, knowing that His Word will never return to him empty, it always accomplishes what He would have it do.

He always shows up, every morning. I’m never disappointed or frustrated because he said it right in Jeremiah 29:13. “You will search for me, and when you search for me with all your heart, you will find me.” And when you know him, you trust him. You trust him with your very life. You trust him to plan your day, order your steps, keep you in peace, meet every need. You trust him in good times and bad times, when you’re feeling good or feeling bad. You trust him because you know him and he is a faithful and loving God.

Yet again, Father, I love your presence. You overwhelm me with your goodness, grace and mercy. Daily you fill me even though what I have to offer you seems so small, you exchange it for so much. May you fill me up so that I spill over onto everyone who comes across my path. It’s always an honor to be here with you but the frosting on the cake is that you NEVER leave me, you are with me always even to the ends of the earth.