Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

The title of our post today is The Power of Purpose.

Jeremiah 29. 11,

For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord.

Plans for welfare, not for calamity, to give you a future and a hope.

Many people consider this verse only when in difficult conditions or situations,

using it to inspire hope that God has a plan for their deliverance or recovery.

Though certainly including this, the verse has a much broader meaning.

Future is from a Hebrew word that includes the meaning of destiny.

The New King James Version at times translates it this way.

As I said in yesterday's post, plans is from a word meaning to weave, plate, or mix.

P-L-A-I-T-P-L-A-T plate.

It can even refer to craftsmen inventing musical instruments, artistic objects,

weapons, other objects. The concept is simple combining two or more substances to create something

new. When used in reference to the mind, it refers to thoughts mixing

together to form plans. God has plans for our future that involve more than rescue operations.

They are his all-wise thoughts woven together into plans before we are even born

that become a hope-filled destiny. We can have confidence that we are more than a meaningless

blip on eternity's radar screen.

God has assignments for us to accomplish, people whose lives we are to impact, prayers,

we are to pray, and more.

Hope is a word, all three of these words are in the verse we open with.

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