God's Plans for Your Future

Jeremiah  29:11-13   For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

Here is God, who created the universe, calling out to mankind in search of relationship.  God never had the intention of creating man, setting him on the earth and coming back 6000 years later.  He has always sought relationship with man and that relationship is the true source of blessing in man’s life.  

Colossians 1:20 -22 (AMP) tells us that “Christ the Messiah reconciled [you to God] in the body of His flesh through death, in order to present you holy and faultless and irreproachable in His [the Father’s] presence.”  The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ has not only given us forgiveness of sins, but Christ’s sacrifice has opened the door into the Holy of Holies, the presence of God, for everyone who believes (puts their trust in God).  Jesus Christ himself has taken us by the hand and presented us to the Father-we have access into the presence of the Creator of the universe!  To know that God Himself welcomes us into His presence, has us on His mind and thinks thoughts of hope, peace and a future for us, should bring us great encouragement.  God has promised us "never will I leave you, never will I forsake you (Heb 13:5)."  "Leave" in this scripture means "loosen a grip, abandon, or release."  The Amplified Bible states Heb. 13:5 much more powerfully: "for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]."  He will not loosen his grip of love on us, but continues to keep us on his mind, desiring that we turn and seek Him wholeheartedly.

Human nature wants to run from the presence of our Holy God when we have sinned, but God beckons us to do the opposite.  He has not called us to clean up and get it together before we present ourselves to Him-we do not have the ability to clean ourselves for it is only by the blood of Jesus Christ, through repentance, that we are led into the presence of God.  Run, run, run to God in times of trouble and sin and distress!  Run to the Holy of Holies, by the blood of Jesus, and lay yourself at His feet--God hears our prayers as we earnestly seek Him and He answers the cries of our hearts.   

  

Heb 10:19 - 23  Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,and having a High Priest over the house of God,  let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.