God Is Up To Something Great by Tony Evans

One of the most moving things about becoming a Child of God is hope! To possess the promise that God is up to something great through my life for His glory is what I call "self-shattering". Taking my eyes off myself and putting them on Christ is where I find hope! "Hope is not passive; it's the most active force in the world because it is derived from the most powerful Being of all: Hope comes from God". God takes "the good, the bad and the ugly" things in our lives and does something great with it. Just like God told the Israelites (Jeremiah 29) during their time of captivity, when things looked their worst, we are to get on with our lives when times are tough. When we don't see God working or understand what He is up to, we are to continue following Him, trusting Him and learning about Him. We have an opportunity in these times to become a blessing to others. In Jeremiah 29:12-14 there is a promise of hope that overwhelms me!!! The promise is, though we may not understand what we are going through, when we look for God......Guess what? There He will be!! We won't get all the answers and we may not understand everything but when we search for Him with all our heart, we will find Him!!! My desire in this Faith Walk is: that I will hold onto the One that says "I know the plans I have for you...plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future". Jeremiah 29:11 Woohoo!!! Praise God!! That's who I'm holding to!!