Daily Word: God's Plan For You

Jeremiah 29:11 says: For I know the plans I am planning for you, declares YaHWeH, plans of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and an expectancy. (The Scriptures) This is a promise spoken by the One True God to His people Israel who were exiled in Babylon. No doubt they must have felt very discouraged and tempted to give up. There would have been tremendous pressure to assimilate into the pagan culture. Just going with the flow would have all but eliminated the Jewish people as a distinct group. The "chosen ones" would have been no more. However, YaHWeH speaks this word to assure them that there is a plan. Often times while in the midst of a difficulty, it is enough to know that there is a plan. This can sustain us and give us hope. But, what is the plan?

Abraham Heschel said: "What is the meaning of my being? My quest--man's quest--is not for theoretical knowledge about myself...What I look for is not how to gain a firm hold on myself and on life, but primarily how to live a life that would deserve and evoke an Eternal Amen." The plan is for our lives to reflect the true worship of God and the removal of all idolatry. Idolatry exists in most churches and we must remove it at all costs, no matter how sacred to us it is. That is the plan God has for us. Remember what caused the Israelites to go into captivity; it was idolatry. Idolatry must be eradicated.

Today, you may think that idolatry is not an issue with you. However, over the next few days we will look at what idolatry is and I expect you will be challenged and confronted with truth. Don't look for a way to avoid truth, look for a way to embrace truth. It is God's plan for His people.