So, you’ve got it all.
A college degree by 22, married by 25, children by 28 … and now you’ve got the vacation house, the fast car, and a luxurious lifestyle.
No content creator, no influencer, no internet phenom can create an image of a life that’s better than the one you already live.
Yet, you wake in the morning, look at the list you must complete just to stay current for THIS DAY, and you wonder if you have your life, or if your life has you.
Life is busy, and you feel overwhelmed in what you’ve created. You’ve curated your career, your family, and your home into a showstopper existence, and you’re tired.
Where do you go from here? How do you step off the merry-go-round? When does life give you a break so that you can breathe?
Jeremiah 29:11 tells us:
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Here’s the hope we can find in this verse:
No. 1: Our plans are not God’s plans. What he desires from us will supersede any plans we formulate. We may be at Point A, and we set our course for Point B, but God says, “I know the plans I have for you.” We may wind up at Point C, saying, “How did I get here?” We can trust God that his plans are for our good.
No. 2: God wants us to do well. Spiritually, financially, and relationally. He desires us to stand on firm spiritual ground, and to have a strong connection with him. He knows we need survival money … plus enough to fund his works. He considers our emotional needs, and he places people in our path who can meet those needs.
No. 3: God does not set up pitfalls to bring us down. He is the waymaker, not the pothole digger. He doesn’t punish us with financial failure, send storms to flood our house, or put people into our life to make us miserable. Life happens, we sometimes make bad choices, but God is there to rescue us.
No. 4: When we place our hope in him, our future is assured. God is our path forward, and he is there for us all the way.
We may feel overwhelmed in life, but God never is. He’s with us, and in him, we can find our way through every struggle we face.
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