Jeremiah 29:11-14a – 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. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you,” declares the Lord…
Sometimes nothing seems settled. Solid ground begins to move. Rains of change come and make the ground slippery, or mushy and the path one has been travelling on, and planning on, begins to change. The future we thought we could see becomes obscured, or hidden, by changing conditions of life. A journey can seem so pleasantly comfortable, it can seem so secure, and then small, or large change-it-all events can be seen approaching. What do we do then?
Hopefully we don’t look up and angrily voice our fears and frustrations to God. Even God ordained ministries change. Where we had landed and thrived becomes a point of launching out and not of permanence. Comfortable retirement becomes an ending of one phase that brings another phase. God places us in places but that does not mean we are there to stay. Many times, it is likely to be temporary. The futures we see can change. Jesus told us to live in the day (Matthew 6:34, Luke 12:16-21). We are seek God with all that we are (Luke 12:31, 34). We are not to cling to anything or any person on earth, but rather to cling first and foremost to God. So when changes come we do not feel devastated and are left wondering, but rather we look to our Father God and say from our hearts “Okay Lord, where do we go today? Lead me Lord and I will follow. Show me where to step and there I will step. Lord God, I trust Your love and I trust You.”
Life changes. We were never promised it would not. The only constant is God. He does not change. His love and faithfulness are sure and unchanging. However the circumstances of life change, even the ministries that God has placed us in. Some things, like marriage and love of our parents and children, are meant to be permanent. Our trust in God does not waiver, but grows stronger as He continues to lead us over changing ground. We may be led where we hoped not to go. We may encounter life events that we hoped would never come. All the events of life, even the ministries we are placed in, are subject to change. Let us cling to the only true constant and that is the faithfulness and love of our God. When life on earth changes, God does not (Numbers 23:19, Hebrews 13:8, James 1:17, Malachi 3:6). Let’s keep our eyes on Him and our ears open to hear Him and walk in unshakeable faith that He is, and will always be, in control. Praise our God whom we trust! Praise our God who so greatly loves us! He has a good plan for all of us. Praise God for who He is! At all times and in all circumstances, praise and trust God!
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.