I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear 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 I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the LORD, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile. (Jeremiah 29:10-14)
When I read this passage yesterday (and I've read it dozens of times prior) I was delighted to see God's sovereignty all over the prophet Jeremiah's words. It made me think--When you see God's sovereignty all over your life, it sets you free.
He is the Author and Finisher of my life, and it is not a series of random events that I am forever at the mercy of. God is fully involved in all of them. From the loss of fortunes (Jer 29:14), walking through the valley of the shadow of death (Ps 23:4), experiencing seasons of great joy, to being rescued from despair. God is involved in all the events of my life. Even the ones I deem insignificant, God is active in all of them. He is sovereign! That is comforting to me--to know that my life is not part of a score that's directed by an arbitrary conductor. That would be a horrible song, would it not? Instead, God has orchestrated my life (and everyone else's) according to His perfect will and if His story and plan were put to music; well it would be a song of infinite grandeur and perfect sound. It would be a perfect song. So, if you are reading this and you are the side of God that is covered by the blood of His Son, take comfort in the fact that God is sovereign in your life and that all things work together for good, for His kids (Rom 8:28).
