SECURITY IN GOD - KNOWING VS. BELIEVING

SECURITY IN GOD - KNOWING VS. BELIEVING

'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans for your welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and hope'

-Jeremiah 29:11

This verse has been one of my anchoring verses in my walk with the Lord. I know that no matter what may happen in my life, or how bad the situation i am in seems to be, it is all for my own good as it is all part of God's plans to shape me for the better future...

But that seem to be it... i knew the truth in my head, but it wasn't in my heart, nor was it lived out in my life...

'You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. But are you willing to recognise, you foolish fellow, that faith without works are useless?'

-James 2:19-20

I didn't really understand this passage in the pass, and sorta just breezed through it... now i do, and it's kinda scaring me... if we are truly children of God, our lives should be living out the truth that is written in the Word... knowing that God is god and knowing that the bible is real is not enough, cos even the demons do that!

with reference to Jer 29:11; if i BELIEVE in this and not just know about it, my life should show it... trusting God for His best for me, and His timing to reveal His plans for me, which includes finding a future partner, among many others...

recently, i have fallen in this area, and i can only ask for His forgiveness... it's just so human to take things into my own hands and believe that if i miss this chance, i'll never get it again... well, if God has something meant for me, i'll not miss it that easily... i had to learn the hard way that that something wasn't meant for me... and i got my heart broken in the process, but i thank God for his loving kindness, for a broken and contrite heart He shall not despise...

one of ps CSL's quotes, 'let God offend your mind to reveal your heart'. yes, that's definitely happening right now...