The year 2009 is ending and we are moving into a new year. Perhaps 2009 was not a good year for you, but God assures us that we still have a hope and future, for He is always with us.
The one thing we do know is that God holds the future. He is in total control of the future and our destiny. Humans are creatures created by God, created in His image, to do His will.
The Jewish people were God's very special people. Today we are privileged to be God's own special people, because of His son, Jesus Christ, and our acceptance of Him as our Lord and Saviour.
In the book of Jeremiah, the Jewish people, who had been exiled in Babylon, were coming back to Jerusalem. The prophet, Jeremiah, has been instructed by the Lord, to tell the Jewish people this: "This is what the Lord says: "When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place. 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." Jeremiah 29:10-11.
Here God is letting them know that even though they will be in captivity for 70 years, He is still their God and He still has plans and a future for them. In the same way, God lets us know that while 2009 may not have been a great year and we have been in captivity to our ways, He still has a hope and a future for us.
Commentary: We all are encouraged by a leader who stirs us to move ahead, someone who believes we can do the task he has given and who will be with us all the way. God is that kind of leader. He knows the future, and his plans for us are good and full of hope. As long as God, who knows the future, provides our agenda and goes with us as we fulfill his mission, we can have boundless hope. This does not mean that we will be spared pain, sufferng or hardship, but that God will see us through to a glorious conclusion.
All we have to do is believe and trust God with all the details of our lives.
Wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year!
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