{"id":2625,"date":"2021-02-06T11:28:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T19:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2625"},"modified":"2021-02-06T11:28:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T19:28:26","slug":"devotion-jeremiah-29-11-you-will-see-them-if-you-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2625","title":{"rendered":"Devotion Jeremiah 29.11 You Will See Them If You Look"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jeremiah 29:11<\/b>\u00a0\u201cFor I know the plans\u00a0I have for you,\u201d declares the\u00a0Lord, \u201cplans to prosper\u00a0you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.\u201d<\/i><\/div>\n
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Yesterday as I exited out my front door, I noticed an ant carrying a leaf much larger than himself.\u00a0 In fact, it was so much larger that at first it seemed like the leaf was itself walking along and that is what caught my attention. It was amazing to watch this little ant carry something so much larger and heavier than itself. I was fascinated and watched this little ant carry the leaf along the walkway.\u00a0 Where was he carrying it too?<\/div>\n

At the edge of the walkway the ant turned sharply to the left toward the front porch.\u00a0\u00a0I thought that perhaps he would carry it to somewhere under the porch but instead he began climbing up the corner post of the porch.\u00a0\u00a0What an incredible feat of strength!\u00a0\u00a0There was a breeze that seemed like it would tear the wavering leaf away from the hardworking ant.\u00a0\u00a0Then it happened, the leaf was lifted into the air, but much to my surprise the ant had not let go and was flying away with the leaf.\u00a0\u00a0This ant was determined and tenacious!<\/p>\n

Suddenly a sparrow flew to the leaf and snatched it away\u2026with the ant still clinging on.\u00a0\u00a0Another amazing event in this little show.\u00a0\u00a0As the sparrow was flapping away he dropped the leaf and it flittered to ground.\u00a0\u00a0Okay, at this point, I had to see if the little ant had finally let loose. I hurried to where the leaf landed and got there just in time to see the ant still had a hold of the leaf and somehow, as if guided by sovereign will, the ant and leaf had landed right next to the anthill. I saw the determined ant disappear with the leaf into the anthill.<\/p>\n

The Lord has called us all to do unique tasks.\u00a0\u00a0He has plans for us that we don\u2019t know of, don\u2019t understand, and don\u2019t need to.\u00a0\u00a0Sometimes they are special and we perceive they are divinely appointed.\u00a0\u00a0Other times we are just \u201cdoing life\u201d when something, or a series of somethings, supernatural happens.\u00a0\u00a0It could be an obvious and mind-blowing something or it could be a series of events that leads to unexpected blessings.\u00a0\u00a0Some would say that the events are coincidences with an amazing result.\u00a0\u00a0Me, I like to look to the Lord and say thank you to Him.\u00a0\u00a0Giving gratitude to God is a nourishment to our faith.<\/p>\n

Hard work pays off.\u00a0\u00a0Do your best and don\u2019t give up.\u00a0\u00a0God has a plan for us. God knows the end from before the beginning.\u00a0\u00a0(Isaiah 46:10<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0The eyes of the Lord are always upon us and He gives us signs of His goodness and His love for us.\u00a0\u00a0Actually He does that daily, even throughout the day.\u00a0\u00a0It just a matter if we are looking and thanking God.\u00a0\u00a0Look and see that God is good. (Psalm 34:8<\/b>) Life if better that way.\u00a0\u00a0Thank you Jesus!<\/p>\n

John 1:5<\/b>\u00a0\u201cThe light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has\u00a0shown you, Oh man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; and what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of you, but\u00a0to do justly, to love\u00a0mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.<\/p>\n

Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jeremiah 29:11\u00a0\u201cFor I know the plans\u00a0I have for you,\u201d declares the\u00a0Lord, \u201cplans to prosper\u00a0you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.\u201d Yesterday as I exited out my front door, I noticed an ant carrying a leaf much larger than himself.\u00a0 In fact, it was so much larger that at…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[103,99,100,94,1874,17],"class_list":["post-2625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-isaiah","tag-jeremiah","tag-john","tag-micah","tag-numbers","tag-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2626,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions\/2626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}