God has a plan for each person's life, as expressed in Jeremiah 29:11, where He promises to give us hope and a future. According to Romans 8:28, He works all things together for the good of those who love Him, guiding our steps and directing our paths, as stated in Proverbs 16:9. Jesus teaches in John 15:16 that He chose us to bear fruit, indicating a purposeful role for believers. The apostle Paul's own calling, as recounted in Acts 26:16, illustrates how God can redirect our lives to fulfill His purposes, demonstrating that our lives have meaning and direction in His plan.
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For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?