By Jenni Ingram
Member, First Baptist Church, Gantt
The last couple days have been difficult for me. I have been feeling useless and beaten down. I know in my heart it is just the enemy trying to ruin my witness but sometimes I feel like Job, wondering what I did wrong.
Then today God has broken through that depression and given me His word that lifts my spirit.
First of all Jeremiah 29:11 comes to mind: “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.”
It’s incredible to me to think the Lord took His time to make plans for me, His lowly creation. If that’s not enough to make you puff up with happiness, I don’t know what is.
He created me for Him, for His purpose.
Then I read 1 Peter 1:2–3 and was reminded that not only did He create me with a plan for my life in mind but He knew beforehand that I would accept Him even when I doubted.
Here is what that passage says: “Dear friends, God the Father chose you long ago and knew you would become His children. For it is His boundless mercy that has given us the privilege of being born again so that now we are members of God’s own family” (The Living Bible translation).
He loves us so much that He created us with a plan in mind to be part of His eternal family. What a way to make the enemy run. Don’t let depression steal your joy, remember these verses and that we are His.
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