Peace and not evil

Today, the message at service was simple but yet profound. It was about understanding the thoughts of God which are uncountable. When the Israelites were in Captivity to Babylon, God spoke through the Prophet Jeremiah to let his people know that out of the many thoughts that he had concerning them, they were simply broken down to this: peace and not of evil, to give you and expected end. As we go through different situations in life and when we only see how bad they are and see how someone else is being set free before us, our natural response is to be upset and think that God has abandoned us. However, even though we do not know the final outcome, God knows it. Even though we may not know what our own thoughts for our lives are, God knows. This is a concept that even I have to constantly grasp when I see nothing but darkness in front of me, because I have to keep reminding myself that God has an infinity amount of thoughts concerning me. Even though the many heroes of the Bible that we read about have gone through dangerous circumstances, they all have one thing in common: God had it planned and ordained for each of them to succeed. God knows the end from the beginning and he even told Jeremiah, that he knew him before he was even in his mother's womb and even during that time, he sanctified him and made him a prophet before the nations. It would be absolutely crazy for us to serve a God who would take us through so many things as we serve him to suddenly abandon us. That is a lie straight from the devil himself. One of the reasons why I came to Christ was because I heard that he would never leave me nor forsake me and I definitely needed someone who would never abandon me. When Moses and the children of Israel were being chased by Pharoah and his army to the Red Sea, God did not abandon them at all but simply told them to stand still and see his salvation that day as Moses lifted up the rod to the sea. If God had abandoned them, that would not make him out to be who he says he is but rather a liar and we all know that God is not a man that he should lie neither the Son of Man that he should repent. If God abandoned David during his fight with Goliath after giving him the power to defeat a lion and a bear, then David would not have been the extraordinary man of God that we all know today. Therefore people of God, we must hold on to our foundation of the Word of God and count our blessings and stand by faith that if God promised peace and not evil during that time where there was serious chaos, then he is more than able to do so in our situations today.

In His Powerful name,
Vaughn Resper, Jr.

Numbers 23:19- God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Jeremiah 1:5- Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Jeremiah 29:11- For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Matthew 28:20b- and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.

Hebrews 13:5b- I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.