Forever Home in the Eternal Family of God

A Daily Devotional for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek

13 August 2024

Reading From Jeremiah 26-29

“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. 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 will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”

 –Jeremiah 29:11-14

     This is a favorite passage of Scripture for countless believers.  It reveals a bit of the heart of our God, that He cares enough about us to have plans for our lives and that those plans are not negative, but rather are filled with prosperity, hope and home.  Part of what intrigues me about the Lord’s promise recorded here is that we will find Him if we seek Him with all our hearts.  To me this indicates we will not have that genuine encounter, that personal, divine revelation unless we truly desire Him.

“Lord Jesus, Your love inspires us to know You more.  I pray that You would continue to transform our lives from the inside out in such a way that others would see You revealed in us and want to seek You.  I am so grateful that I serve a good God who wants good things for His sons and daughters.  By the power of Your blood applied by Your Spirit to our lives, You have rescued us from captivity to sin and brought us into Your glorious Kingdom of Light.  Now we live in the warmth of Your love.  Thank You, Lord God.  Amen.”

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

 –Matthew 7:7-12