“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.” Jeremiah 29:11-13
Right now, this very moment, God is aware of you and He is thinking about you.
He is sending His Love toward you. He is waiting and listening for your response. And He is asking for our hearts and our ways to be turned toward Him. He understands and knows the dangers and conflicts (and hurts) that are all around and in us… These things can distort our view of Him, ourselves, of what is truth and what are lies; of our purpose and value; to basically drive us into a place of confusion. As the Psalmist in Psalms 71:1 prayed and understood, “In Thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.” This is a really good prayer especially in our increasingly confusion putting times. As our main Scripture points to the breathtaking reality that God is thinking of us and wants to help us, may we also see that He has even provided instructions for us right in that Passage.
Yes His Love is UNCONDITIONAL. However, we need to know that as He is thinking about us in His Holiness and Goodness He also is keenly aware of violations against Him. In Psalms 5:4 “For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with Thee.” He makes an incredible plea for us to come to our senses and recognize we are not alright just going about in our own ways or following the traditions of men. In Ezekiel 18:23, “Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?” When we are stubborn in our ways and refuse to follow Him, this hurts us but it hurts the God who made us even more. Jesus doesn’t want to lose a one of us. Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” 2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
What a joy to consider that “The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, in those that hope in His mercy,” as stated in Psalms 147:11. Overwhelming is the generous emotion of delight God and His promise express in Psalms 149:4, “For the LORD taketh pleasure in His people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.” To fear Him, is to know and believe that He alone is God and to realize no one and nothing else is... And then we will turn and follow Him and learn His ways and live.
Embrace how Psalms 40:5 drives home the innumerable thoughts of God toward us…consider reading slowly and receiving His Truth. “Many, O LORD my God, are Thy wonderful works which Thou hast done, and Thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto Thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.”
The Word of God is absolutely full of the love and thoughts of God. We encourage you to take time with Him and let Him share His love and thoughts with you!
Until next time...
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