Counting My Blessings (Jer. 29:11)

Happy Saturday to you!

I hope all is well with you and yours. Very quickly we are progressing in the year. I hope and pray that as the year is progressing that we all are making progress in all of our endeavors. God help us all.

I entitled this blog post counting my blessings because God has been so faithful to me and I do want to take time out to give Him the glory. As you may have read in a previous post, I was laid off from my job. However that was man doing his own my God had greater things in store. In the time I've been home on my forced vacation, (that's how I like to think of it), I have been spending more time with my Father. I've become more aware of His mighty hand in my life and knowing fully well that He is working things out for my good. I have also discovered some wonderful treasures in His word. You know that scripture that says, "For I know the thoughts I have towards you, thoughts of good and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope" ? Well if you read two verses after it the Word says, "Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. " I've read and re-read Jer. 29:11-13 in times past but there was something new that shouted out at me this time around. What the Lord is saying is that yes He has plans for us, but us knowing that He has plans is not the end of it. Notice that verse 12 starts with a "then." This means that once we know His plans for us, we have to seek Him ernestly for those plans to be manifested. Often times we quote Jer. 29:11 like it's a magical verse that acts on it's own without us playing a part. You have a part to play in your victory. It's called partnering with God and seeking His face. God wouldn't do anything in your life without you coming in agreement with His agenda. Just as Jesus said, "Your will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven." Don't you just love that?

So in light of that nugget I've just shared, I want to share that my Father has done it, and I now have job offers! All this happening in less than a month. Praise Him!!!