Showing posts with label prosper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prosper. Show all posts

Friday, 1 November 2024

Uprooted to Prosper

GodTracker 967

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Know this, he who knows the plans he has for you will plant you in his chosen location in his garden. The Gardener may uproot you – even prune you – but you will soon prosper, producing new pleasing fruit.”

Psalm 62:5
My soul, wait silently for God alone. For my expectation is from Him.

Young David had recently killed the Philistine champion, Goliath, and gained victory for the Israelites. Sadly, King Saul was jealous of David’s fame and fortitude and sought to take his life. I could well imagine how David must have felt. He may have hoped that the king would promote him to serve the Lord as Saul’s right hand. Unfortunately, this was not the case. David must have been greatly disappointed. But David knew his God and he knew his God had great plans for him. David writes, “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust.”

Disappointment can be immensely disheartening. You may feel you have trudged through life working so hard to achieve your goals only to be let down by others. Disappointment is not failure. Failure only ensues if you quit. Sometimes God allows your goals to come to naught only to raise you up for new and prosperous opportunities.

Imagine a young tree growing strong in a fine garden. The gardener waters it regularly and gently prunes it every season. It’s growing tall and strong in, what it believes is, a splendid location. One day, the gardener decides that the tree would be far more effective in a different position in the garden. So, he carefully uproots it and replants it in a newly chosen place. The tree may feel forlorn and disappointed, believing he has been rejected by the gardener. Initially, it wilts. It loses many leaves. Its fruit fails for one season but then, as spring arrives anew, the tree takes root and begins to flourish, providing shade to the weary and fruit for the hungry.

Perhaps, like David and our dear tree in this story, you feel you have been let down or rejected. It could be you feel disappointed and abandoned. Know this, he who knows the plans he has for you will plant you in his chosen location in his garden. The Gardener may uproot you – even prune you – but you will soon prosper, producing new pleasing fruit.

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1 Samuel 19:8-14
Jeremiah 29:11
John 15:1-2

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Tracking the Will of God Year One & Year Two

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“Help me to adjust to my new position in the garden and, like King David, help me to rest in you, my rock.”

“Lord, I feel so lost. I’ve been disappointed and let down by others. I feel like I don’t belong in this place anymore. Yet, I know you’ll never abandon your plans for my life. If I need to be uprooted and replanted then do it. Help me to adjust to my new position in the garden and, like King David, help me to rest in you, my rock. Amen.”

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GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith. Most of what you’ll read is based upon the author’s personal experience of tracking the plans of God.

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Friday, 26 October 2018

GOD-TRACKING IS NEVER LOSING HOPE IN GOD’S GOOD PLANS

GodTracker 698The e-devotional helping to keep you on-track with God’s plans for your life
GodTracker is published by Sure Reality Media at surereality.net

“Dear God-tracker, God has an ambition to bless you and fill your life with good things. His plans for you are wonderful!”

Romans 8:28And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose

This e-devotional is founded on the fact that God knows the plans he has for us. In Jeremiah chapter 29 we read that famous verse that says God’s plans are for welfare and not for evil; to give us a future and a hope. In Romans 8 we’re told that, for those who are called according to God’s plans, all things work together for the good. And in Hebrews 11 it says, “Whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” We seek God by faith and faith solidifies that hope spoken of by Jeremiah. I believe it is safe to say that, as a loving Father, God desires what is good for his children.

When Jeremiah prophesied about God’s plans for welfare and hope, he was speaking to his people who had been taken captive by the Babylonians. At the time, I could well imagine, Jeremiah’s flock thinking, “A future and a hope? We’ve been dragged away from our homeland, and he prophesies prosperity?” But God’s plan was to test his people and bring them to a place of complete surrender and dependence on him. God’s plan was always to bless his people, but their hearts had grown cold and complacent. One generation later, after Babylonian exile, God fulfilled his promise and brought his beloved back to the Promised Land.

Dear God-tracker, God has an ambition to bless you and fill your life with good things. His plans for you are wonderful! He wants to meet your needs, grant you the desires of your heart and prosper you. Yes, prosper you! However, as you read this thought, you may say, “I don’t feel very prosperous today. My hope has waned, and my future seems bleak.” But your Lord says, “I know the plans I have for you. Plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Weeping endures for a night, but joy comes in the morning. After the difficulty will come the deliverance. (I have discovered that those God calls, he tests.) He is your source and your resource. He will restore the years the locusts have devoured. What you have sowed in tears you will reap with joy. So, continue to acknowledge the Lord in all your ways and keep your eyes on Jesus. God knows the plans he has for you!

God-tracking is never losing hope in God’s good plans

READ ALL ABOUT ITJeremiah 29:11Hebrews 11:1,6Psalm 37:4Psalm 1:1-31 Peter 5:10-11Psalm 30:4-6Joel 2:23-26Psalm 126

DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

By faith, I put my confidence for things hoped for, squarely in your sovereign benevolence

“Dear Father, thank you for your promise to give me a future filled with hope and abundance. I admit to any sin and wrongdoing in my life – apathy, indifference, immorality, bad habits, idolatry – and seek your forgiveness, O Lord. I realise that these trials have been sent to test and prove me for the great plans you have for my future. I totally surrender myself to you in spirit, soul and flesh, and seek first your kingdom and your righteousness. By faith, I put my confidence for things hoped for, squarely in your sovereign benevolence. Thank you for the good things that you have planned for my life. Amen.”

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What is GodTracker? GodTracker is a weekly e-mail devotional based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith.
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