A Prayer to Know God's Plan Is Not to Harm You
About this episode
This episode reflects on the assurance of God's plans for prosperity and hope, especially in times of hardship and recovery.
Waking up in a recovery room twelve hours after a surgery that was supposed to take six to eight, with a foggy brain and a numb body and the immediate awareness that something must have gone wrong — and then, without any effort at all, these words scrolling like closed captions across the 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 was not a verse summoned by discipline or recalled through effort. It arrived on its own, precisely when it was needed most. That moment is the beating heart of this episode. Jeremiah 29:11 is one of the most familiar verses in Scripture, and perhaps because of that familiarity, we sometimes read past the phrase that matters most in the hardest moments: not to harm you. It is the harm we fear most — the downfall, the destruction, the decimation of our hopes and health and relationships. And while we are not promised immunity from hardship in a fallen world where the enemy still schemes, God's goodness and His plans always override whatever harm is plotted against us. The surgery did go wrong. Blood pressure tanked. Recovery stretched into…
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