Plans That Never Fail
Then Israel arrived in Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham. And the Lord multiplied the people of Israel until they became too mighty for their enemies. Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites, and they plotted against the Lord’s servants. Psalm 105:23-25
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When the Egyptians enslaved the Israelites and treated them cruelly, gave the order to slaughter their infant boys, and in every way made their lives miserable, everything seemed hopeless. But God was still in control and had a plan to bring his people out of Egypt with joy. Corrie ten Boom said about her own imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp that no matter how bad things are on earth, “there is never panic in heaven! You can only hold on to that reality through faith because it seemed then and often seems now, as if the devil is the victor. But God is faithful, and his plans never fail. He knows the future. He knows the way.” Whatever you are facing today, you can praise God that he doesn’t have problems, only plans. And just as he had a master plan for his people’s exodus out of Egypt to the Promised Land, he has a plan for you, and he will not fail to accomplish it!
Prayers:
FATHER, I thank you for the assurance that your plans never fail. When everything around me seems hopeless, remind me of your plan for the Israelites in captivity in Egypt. Help me to see things from your eternal perspective and to hold on to the reality that in spite of the way things look, you are in control. Indeed, you are still on the throne!
Quotes:
God is never in a panic, nothing can be done that he is not absolutely master of, and no one in earth or heaven can shut a door he has opened, nor open a door he has shut. God alters the inevitable when we get in touch with him.
Oswald Chambers (1874–1917)
The One Year Bible Readings for today are: Ruth 2:1–4:22; John 4:43-54; Psalm 105:16-36 and Proverbs 14:26-27.
