Jeremiah 29:13-14
The Message (MSG)
13-14"When you come
looking for me, you'll find me. "Yes, when you get serious about finding
me and want it more than anything else, I'll make sure you won't be
disappointed." God's Decree. "I'll turn things around for you. I'll bring you back from all the countries into which I drove you"—God's Decree—"bring you home to the place from which I sent you off into exile. You can count on it.
Listen to this promise from the Lord: The Jews in exile would be restored back to what they had lost - The Land of Promise.
That is always the way of God for those who earnestly seek Him.
Job, after all his troubles, was given double what he'd lost because he clung to God and never let go.
Joseph was made doubly fruitful in the land of his affliction because he never lost sight of the God who was always with him, even in an Egyptian prison.
When God's people lose what they were promised - whether through their own sin or someone else's - and continue to seek Him where He may be found, the result is always better than the first. God's abundance never decreases the second time around.
So it has been from the beginning. Adam and Eve fell and were exiled from the Garden,and it is a long, long exile. However, God makes a promise to all those in this world who seek Him with all their heart: They WILL find Him, and in finding Him they will be restored to what was lost. And from what we know about God's restoration, the next paradise will be much better than the first. The Garden of Eden was only the beginning. The best is yet to come.
That is how we are to live in this world: as citizens of what is yet to come. Their is no grief, no sin, no problem, no frustration, no captivity, no abuse that cannot be redeemed, and the redemption will be more than worthwhile.
The Apostle Paul assured us that the glory to be revealed will far outweigh anything in our present circumstances; that (1Corinthians 2:9) "no eye has seen or ear heard what God has in store for those who love Him. We should work hard to live like it is our second nature to know that.
If we live like we know what is coming - with a smile of anticipation we can hardly suppress - people will ask us to explain the hope we have within us (1Peter 3:13-16). We can tell them of the restoration God promises and how to get in on the plan. We can introduce them to the God who wants to be found. We can end the captivity of many.
Listen to this promise from the Lord: The Jews in exile would be restored back to what they had lost - The Land of Promise.
That is always the way of God for those who earnestly seek Him.
Job, after all his troubles, was given double what he'd lost because he clung to God and never let go.
Joseph was made doubly fruitful in the land of his affliction because he never lost sight of the God who was always with him, even in an Egyptian prison.
When God's people lose what they were promised - whether through their own sin or someone else's - and continue to seek Him where He may be found, the result is always better than the first. God's abundance never decreases the second time around.
So it has been from the beginning. Adam and Eve fell and were exiled from the Garden,and it is a long, long exile. However, God makes a promise to all those in this world who seek Him with all their heart: They WILL find Him, and in finding Him they will be restored to what was lost. And from what we know about God's restoration, the next paradise will be much better than the first. The Garden of Eden was only the beginning. The best is yet to come.
That is how we are to live in this world: as citizens of what is yet to come. Their is no grief, no sin, no problem, no frustration, no captivity, no abuse that cannot be redeemed, and the redemption will be more than worthwhile.
The Apostle Paul assured us that the glory to be revealed will far outweigh anything in our present circumstances; that (1Corinthians 2:9) "no eye has seen or ear heard what God has in store for those who love Him. We should work hard to live like it is our second nature to know that.
If we live like we know what is coming - with a smile of anticipation we can hardly suppress - people will ask us to explain the hope we have within us (1Peter 3:13-16). We can tell them of the restoration God promises and how to get in on the plan. We can introduce them to the God who wants to be found. We can end the captivity of many.
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