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Jeremiah chapter 29 verses 11 through 13

some pretty well known verses when God says to his people in the middle of their exile

For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord

Plans for welfare 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.

This is a promise clearly from God to his people in Jeremiah 29 that says I'm going to bring you back to me

for those who turn from sin and trust in me.

I will restore you.

I desire your good.

I have plans for your welfare, not for evil.

I want you to have a future and a hope with me calling upon me, praying to me, being

heard by me. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. So we see this clear promise in that context in the book of

Jeremiah and then we think about the New Testament and one how Jesus makes this

possible, how Jesus makes it possible for us to have a future and a hope through paying the price for our sins.

There's only one way to know God, to come to God, to be heard by God, to seek after and find God.

And that is through Jesus, through trusting in Jesus, through following Jesus.

And as followers of Jesus, what do we do?

Think his words in Matthew chapter 6, verse 33,

seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.

Seek me.

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