[S] Jeremiah 29:10-12 --
10 "For thus says the Lord, ‘When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place. 11 ‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.12 ‘Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
[O] After some bogus prophets spoken lies pretending to be from God, Jeremiah declares the truth of how God will bring his people back after seventy years of exile in Babylon through an amazing plan that only God may bring forth to His people trusting in Him. Physically they were brought back to their homeland but more importantly as verse 12 states, they were spiritually restored to their proper position of calling upon God with willingness to obey Him.
[A] Many times I put too much emphasis on specific locations and the community of people I belong to as if certain "places" retain God's presence more than others. But the place God desires for me to return to on daily basis is, regardless of where I am physically, I may recognize and praise the presence God in action. He is indeed everywhere so wherever I am I should look for what He is up to and praise Him for it. This is the special plan He has for me.
[P] Dear Father, I want to make daily life full of opportunities of recognizing Your presence in and around my life so that I may lift up my praise to You. Thick or thin I know You're with me, but unless I recognize that my focus will drift away from You. Thank You for giving me that special plan of hope. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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