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~ GOD'S PLAN FOR US ~
JEREMIAH 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
JOHN 10:10 For the enemy only comes to steal, kill and destroy, but I come that you may have life and have it more abundantly.
ROMANS 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Abraham believed God when God told him to leave his fathers house and go to the land God was going to show him. When Abraham was 80 years old, God promised him that he would be the father of many nations. Abraham went through many trials, and tribulations before God made his promise a reality. ...Then 20 years later Isaac was born. He went from being childless to the father of the chosen race. The race that would give birth to the savior of the world - OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (GENESIS 12:1 25:11)
Joseph was sold by his own brothers as a slave then 13 years later he is falsely accused of rape and goes to prison for 7 years. 20 years passed before he was made Prime Minister of Egypt. He went from being a slave, then a prisoner to being the second most powerful man in the world. After 20 years of faithfulness, he must have thought that God had abandoned him. (GENESIS 37:1 - 45:28)
Moses zeal for justice drove him to murder one of the guards in Egypt, he was a fugitive for 40 years and was sent back to Egypt by God to free his people from slavery. He went from fugitive to deliverer (EXODUS 1:1 14:31)
King David was 16 years old when he killed Goliath of Gath. He was just a shepherd boy who did things with excellence. He killed a lion and a bear in order to protect his sheeps. For the next 20 years king Saul persecuted him trying to kill him in order to stop him from being crowned King. During those 20 years of persecution by King Saul, sent David on a quest for God for protection, he got to know God so well that David became as merciful as God. God said of him that he was a man after Gods own heart, He wrote the most beautiful Psalms, that now gives us comfort during our times of trials (1 SAMUEL 17:1 28:2)
PSALM 8 KJV
1O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
7All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
PSALM 8 NIV
1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
2 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
4 what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?
5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet:
7 all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Elijah running away from Jezebel, was sent by God to go to the brook Cherith. God sent ravens to take him bread and meat everyday, then the brook dried up and things worsen and God sent him to a widows house. God had prepared her heart to take care of him. She didnt have any food to eat except for a handful of flour and a little bit of oil. I am sure the widow thought to herself that she already had a handful of problems and she didnt need another mouth to feed, yet her obedience to share what little she had not only saved all three of their lives, but in addition, some time later during the drought her son died and Elijah prayed for him and God gave him back his life. Had the widow not shared, what little food she had, with Elijah, she and her son would have died of hunger (1 KINGS 17:-8-24)
Queen Esther originally known as Hadassah, was an orphan, Jewish girl who was raised by her much older cousin, Mordecai. I can imagine that many people felt sorry for Hadassah, when her parents died. Yet the death of her parents was necessary in order for Hadassah to be raised by her wise, God fearing, cousin Mordecai. He raised her well, he taught her how to be obedient and to trust those who knew better. While the king was still choosing who was going to be his wife, again she sought the advice of someone who knew better Hegai the kings Eunuch, he advice her what she should wear when her turn to see the king came. The King loved her more than all the other virgins, and she went from being an orphan to being a Queen. God used her to save the Jews from exile. (ESTHER 2:1 2:15)