The Antidote for Anxiety and Depression: Trust in Abba Father’s Care – Pt 96
God Has a Plan for Your Life!
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity…
– Jeremiah 29:11-14a
It is the disappointments, hurts and mistrust resulting from betrayal; the uncertainties in life; the cunning and mean devices of others; the pressure to always accomplish and secure a future, wondering what others think about you and trying to make a good impression on those in authority who might be able to influence a promotion you desire at the expense of others which intensify anxiety and depression. If only you realize that vain is the help of man (see Psalms 60:11-12; 108:12) but God has a plan for your life so you can hope in the Lord.
God knows (ascertains by seeing, acknowledges, perceives, discerns, is aware of, experiences) the thoughts (intention, plan, purpose, inventions that springs from His thoughts) that He thinks (regards, values, computes, conceives, reckons, invents, considers) towards you. Such thoughts of peace (shalom – a state of wholeness or completeness, without any deficiency or lack), and not of evil (bad in a moral and ethical sense, harm, calamity, displease, affliction, adversity, distress), to give you an expected end (a future, prosperity).
Understand that not only does God know you but He also knows the plan or purpose He has for your life, so call on and pray to Him, He will hear and answer you; seek and search for God with all your heart, you will find Him. Not that God is lost, He is your ever present Papa but He is patiently waiting for you to access or grab hold of that which He has already provided for you. Today is the day the Lord will turn away (change, return, withdraw, re-establish, bring back, recompense, restore) and God’s liberating power will release you from your captivity. Hallelujah!
God bless you!
MY PRAYER FOR TODAY
Papa, I worship and give You glory. Thank You for the plan or purpose You have for me life. I am so glad that you know exactly what it is and that You are not trying to figure it out. I declare that I am secure in God’s plan for my life and that my only resolve is to abide in Him and He in me. When I call on and pray to Him He hears me and when I seek and search for Him I find Him right here with me always. Therefore, I am restored and delivered from my captivity by the liberating power of God. I pray this by faith in Jesus’ precious name with thanksgiving. Amen!
