Jeremiah 29:11
My exhortation for you in 2022 from the
background of Jeremiah 29:11
The background for this verse is Jeremiah sends a letter to the captives
in Babylon.
1. He tells them to settle down, build houses and plant gardens. Simply put occupy until Jesus comes. Be a blessing in your community. We are called to be light and salt. We are to go into our world, preaching,
living, loving the gospel through our words and actions.
2. Marry, have family and increase in number. It is okay to have family and procreate. We are to use our time, talents, and
resources for the Lord. We are to be exhibit
the fruit of the spirit and release the gifts of the Spirit. We are called to be God consumed. Prayer warriors, intercessors and fighters in
the spiritual realm for the next generation.
3. Pray and seek peace and prosperity in the city in which have been
carried to. When it is in peace and
prosper so will you be. We are to work that
we can have enough for ourselves and others.
The blessing, prosperity, and peace of the Lord follow us. When we live in a place it is blessed because
of our presence. Remember wherever we go
that is our territory. Our duty is to
pray for the peace and prosperity of wherever we are and then do our part to
make it happen.
4. Don’t let false prophets and diviners lie to you. Simple by their fruit you will know
them. They will promise and not
deliver. Their prophecies and
predictions will be wrong. They will speak
what you want to hear not what you should hear.
They will not base their teaching on the word of God and if they do it
will sound right but not be right. We
need to walk in discernment, knowledge, understanding and wisdom. Learn to discern the times you live in.
5. They will be in Babylon for 70 years. There is always a waiting period when God is
about to do a work of healing, restoration, breakthrough, victory, and
freedom. You have to battle
through. Great victories are won in the
heavenlies by the Lord before they manifest on earth. Waiting requires faith, trust, obedience,
faithfulness, prayer, the word, expectation, grace, love, thankfulness, and
worship. I love this praise. When I am waiting for God to open a door I
will praise Him in the hallway.
6. The Lord promises to restore them and bring them back after the
appointed time. That is a powerful
message of hope to the people. Like
Judah we are waiting. Jesus has promised
to come back. Here are five things you
must do while waiting for the promises of God and for Christ’s return.
a. Keep on Praying. Keep in
touch with Him. Prayer is a form of connection and communication to God.
b. Keep on Serving. Even if how
many times you fell down in serving God, God says CONTINUE the walk. Continue
to run this race with joy in the heart.
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord. Hebrews 10:25. Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves
together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the
more, as ye see the day approaching.
c. Keep on Sowing. While waiting
on the Lord, keep on planting good deeds. At the end, you can get big reward in
harvesting it. Praying, going to church
are some of the ways of planting.. Paul
states in 1 Corinthians 15:58, “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast,
unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that
your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”
d. Keep on Believing. It is hard
to please God without Faith. Faith without action is absolutely dead. Faith is
hoping for the things that are not seen.
Hebrews 11:6: But without faith
it is impossible to please him: for He that cometh to God must believe that He
is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
e. Stay Active. Be active in
serving the Lord. Don't be passive. Get involved in a ministry.
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.
1. There are five things we learn from this verse for 2022. First, God has a plan for us. We have already revealed that plan in our
previous verses. So let’s get with the
plan. “A goal without a plan is just a
wish.” “By failing to prepare, you are
preparing to fail.” “Good planning
without good working is nothing.” “Plan
your work and work your plan.” The
beautiful thing is we have the Bible, prayer, the Holy Spirit and each
other. To help fulfill the plan.
2. He has plans to prosperity us.
Jesus came to give us life abundantly.
3 Jn 2 tells us health and prosperity begins from the inside out. Prosperity in mind, will intellect and
emotions. Health in family and friends.
3. God is not out to harm you.
Every lesson, trial, problem, testing, persecution, hurt,
misunderstanding happens for a purpose.
To help us to grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ and that all
things work together for good. The
reality is God loves us to much to leave us the way we are. Remember
sorrow is for the night but joy comes in the morning.
4. Plan to give us hope. Hope
believes you have a future. Hope is
based on faith in God’s love. In the
case of the Christian. Hope is
trust. It is the expectation and desire
that certain things will happen because of God’s word and promises.
5. He has a plan for our future.
We have a future home, eternal life, to be with Jesus, family and
friends who have gone on before. A new
body without pain or sickness. The
expectation of Christ’s coming. An
inheritance and legacy. To reign and
rule with him.
God closes off this wonderful prophecy
with a series of promises and our application and actions to this wonderful
portion of scripture to which we will conclude with these.
1. If we come, call and pray the Lord will listen. Vs 12
2. When you seek you will find the Lord with all your heart. Vs 13
3. I will be found of you and will bring you back from your place of
captivity which the Lord allowed us to go.
Vs 14
I close with this story. As Jesus went along, he saw a man blind from
birth. His disciples asked him,
"Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" "Neither this man nor his parents
sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might
be displayed in his life.
As long as it is day, we must do the
work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
While I am in the world, I am the light
of the world." Having said this, he
spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's
eyes. "Go," he told him,
"wash in the Pool of Siloam" (this word means Sent). So the man went
and washed, and came home seeing.
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