Jeremiah 29:11-13
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me. When you seek me with all your heart…
What powerful words! The Lord DECLARES! I see the lion of Judah, Aslan roaring that promise! Plans for wholeness! And hope! I could jump up and down in our dining room as I read those words, if there wasn’t a sleeping baby 20 feet down the hall. Life has a funny way of throwing Plan A back into the picture as soon as Plan B is starting to look pretty nice. In such a transitional time in our lives, I couldn’t be more reassured than to know I will find Him when I seek. We will find direction.
I also find it comforting that God shows us a sense of His faith in us. “You will call upon me…You will seek me…”
My friend Laura and I were camp counselors together. One day at camp, she came to me to talk about this passage of scripture. The first verse is something we hear all the time, even see on bumper stickers. What she pointed out was the end of verse 13- “When you seek me with all your heart.”
Lord, please help us seek you with everything we have.
Sam says:
Contrarily, the verses could be God stating his divine will for the people of Israel which was established before the creation of the earth. There is no option for Israel to stray; they will call upon and seek him.