Your Story Is Not Finished

“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.”  (Jeremiah 29:11) 
 
What a powerful verse! Even though Jeremiah’s message often dealt with judgement and destruction, he also relayed a message of hope for his people from heaven. That is what we all need…HOPE. To know that our story is not yet finished is a “game-changer.” It will revolutionize your life, if you will allow it. Just think for a moment. Where you are right now is not where you will always be. The situation which causes you consternation will eventually pass and you will be on the back side of it. The storm which is blowing hard right now in your face will soon pass. Whatever you are going through is temporary. By the way, even if it is smooth sailing right now, that is temporary, too. What should we do? 
 
First, above all else, constantly seek God’s will. The Lord has said: “I know the plans I have for you…” Therefore, ask Him, “What is your plan for me?” Inquiring minds want to know, so just ask. Remember, He may not give you the complete picture, but He will show you what you need for your next steps; that is enough for now.  
 
Second, seek God’s voice daily. Jeremiah repeated what he heard the Lord say to him. You can, too. God still speaks, and if you are listening, you will know in your knower what He is saying. Be still and listen…stay long enough with Him, so you will actually hear Him.  
 
Third, expect the best, not the worst. God told Israel that He had “plans to prosper you and not to harm you.” Children of the King need to expect their Father has only great intentions for their future, as well as their present. 
 
Messages of hope keep you going. They help you to believe that you are not even close to finishing the book. In fact, you are not even in the last chapter. There is so much more to come. Just think, even when this life is over, the best is truly yet to come. If you are a concerned parent, feeling hopeless over the present spiritual appetite your child has for the Lord, remember, their story is not finished. If you feel you are in a dead-end job and you are locked in there forever, remember, your story is not finished. It was Gracie Allen who once said, “Never place a period where God puts a comma!” Choose to live that way today!
Posted in
Posted in , ,

3 Comments


Robin Campbell - November 27th, 2024 at 6:31am

Amen. ? Thank you for this beautiful reminder to live one day at a time. A day with the Lord is like a thousand years and a thousand years is like a day. We live in Today...a day of mercy, a day of grace, of forgiveness ...a day to choose life and to have it more abundantly in Christ Jesus. Helps us Today, Lord to do Your will and to flourish in whatever season we are in for Your glory and namesake in Christ Jesus. Amen. ?

Allen Stark - November 27th, 2024 at 7:48am

As a writer I have often put a period where my editor s have suggested a comma instead. And in my relationships with various people I have also found myself thinking that I should use a period, only to find out that God replaced it with a comma.

Betty Jane Laughlin - November 27th, 2024 at 7:55am

I know God isn't done with me, yet. There is so much to do for His kingdom. So many lost people on this planet

Recent

Archive

 2024

Categories

Tags

Kingdom abandoned abandoning abandon ability abondoned acceptable acceptance accepted accepting accept accomplishment accomplish accordance accountable acknowledge actions activity addiction admitting admit adoration advancing advice affection affirmation afraid aligned aligning align alive allowedd allowed allowing allow almighty altered amazing amount anxiety anxious appeared appearing apply approaching approach argument arrogant assurance assures assure attend attention attentive attitude audience authority banished baptized beaituful behaviors behavior beieve beliefs belief believed believeibng believerrs believers believer believes believe believing belong benefits biblical blend blessed blesses blessings blessing bless blossomed bond brokenhearted burdens burden burial buried capable careful cares care caring carving celebrate challenges chance change changing charges charge choose choosing churches church claiming clarity climate combat comfortable comforting comfort commanded commandment commands command commitment committed communicate communicating communion community companionship companion compared comparing comparisons compassion competition complete complicated compliment comprehend compromised compromise concerned concerning concerns concern confessed confess confidence confident conflicts conflict confrontation confronting confused confusion connected connection connect consider consistent contact contentment content context contradict control conversation convicting conviction convict convinced convince corrected correcting courageous cover created create creation critical crucial crucified crucifixation crucify culture cure curiosity customers daily death decided decide declaration dedicated defend deflection deliberate delivers denomination denying departure depression describe description deserved deserves deserve desie designed desired desires desire desiring desrtuction destination destiny destruction determine devastated develop devoted devotional devotion dictates dictate difference different difficult directing direction directly direct disappeared disappoint disciples disciple disconenct discouraged discovered discover discuss display disruptions distance dividend educated education effort eliminated embrace embracing emotional emotions emotion emplower employer empower encoraged encounter encouraged encouragement encouragers encourages encourage encouraging encouragment endured endure energy engaged engagement engage engaging enjoyed enjoys enjoy enouragements enslaved ensure equation equip eternal eternity ethical evaluate everlasting evil example excited excitement exciting excluded expand expectations expectation expected experiences expression express extended faithfully faithfulness faithful faith family famous favor fearful fear feelings feeling fellowship finisher finish fire focused focusing focus followed followers follower following follow fooled forgave forgiveness forgiven forgive forgiving fortunate forward foundation founders freedom free freidnships fresh friendship friends fulfilled fulfillment fullness future gathering gave generation generosity generous genuine gifts gift given givers giver give giving glady glad glimpse glorfiy glorified glorify glorious glory godly goodness gospel goverment grace gracious grateful gratitude grave gravity grieve grope growing growth grow guidance guided guides guiding guilty guilt handling happiness happy hardship healed healing health heal hearing heartbreak hearts heart heaven help hesitate holy honest honorably honored honoring honors honor hoped hopefulness hopeful hopeless hopes hope hoping horror humanity humbly identified identifies identify identity ignited ignorant ignore imagine immature impacted impactful impact impatient importance important including inevitable influence information inherent innocent inspiration inspired inspires instance instant intended intensity intentional intentions interceding interesting interest interpretations intimately intimate intrude investment invitation invite itimacy jogging journey joyful joy justifying knowing knowledge known laborers labor leadership leaders leader leading lead leaning learning learn legacy lonely longing lordship loved loves love loving manipulate marriage married mature mediator meditate meditation membership members memeber memorable memory merciful mercy message mindful minds minister ministry miracles miracle miraculous missing mission moment motive moun notice nourished nourishment obedience obedient obey obligation observer observe offering operate opinions opportunities opportunity oppressed outcome overcome overcoming overpowered overpower overwhelmed overwhelming ownership painful parenting partnership passage passing passion pastors patient peace peae perception perfectly perfect perform perishing perish persecuted perseverance personally personal perspective persuade plan pleasing political pondering positioned position possibility powerful power praised praises praiseworthy praise praising prayed prayerful prayers prayer praying pray preached preachers preacher preaching preach prepared prepare presence present pressure prevent pride primary principle probelm problem process proclaim produce productive promised promises promise promote prosperous prosper protecting protection protect proud proved prove provides provide providing provision purify purity purposes purpose pursuing raises raise realized realize realizing reassured rebelling rebellion receive recieved recover recuperation redeems redeem redemption redemptive referring reflection refuse reignite rejected relationships relationship religion religious remedy remember remembrance reminds renewal renewing repeated repentance repent represent resisted resisting resist resolution respect responsibility rest resurrection retreat return revealing reveals righteous ritual royalty running sacrifice safest safe salvation satisfied satisfies satisfy saved save saving scriptual scripture secured security seeking seek selfish sensitive seperated seperate seperation sermon servants servant served server serve service serving shame shaping share sharing showed significance silence silent sinful sinless sinners sinner sin solve soul speaking speak spiraling spirirt spiritually spiritual spirit spread srve stability standards standing strengthen strength stressed stressful stress strong struggles struggle struggling submit substain successful success suffering supply supported supportive support surrendered surrender surrounding surround survived talents teachable teachers teaches teachings teach tears temptaions temptation tempted testify thoughtful thoughts through thrown together tolerance tradition transformed translation treat trouble troubling true truly trusted trusting trustworthy trust truth trutyh unbelievers uncomfortable understand unshamed utilize validation valuable values value verbally victory violated vulnerable waiting wants watchful willingly willing wisdom wise witnessed witness wonderful wondering wonder worried worrying worry worshipping worship worthy wrath