God Has A Wonderful Plan For You

From: The Word For Today - Bob Gass Ministries

Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know well the plans I have in mind for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare, not for woe! plans to give you a future full of hope."

In the Bay of Naples there's a jellyfish that loves to swallow a certain snail. But the snail has a hard shell and the jellyfish can't digest it. So the snail fastens itself to the inside of the jellyfish and slowly begins to eat away at it. By the time the snail is fully-grown, it has consumed the entire jellyfish. Understand this: a lot of the things we think we can handle, finish up consuming us - things like appetites, overwork, stress, greed, or simply the aimlessness of our lives; there's a real killer!

Fred Smith, author of Learning to Lead, once sent his friends a letter with 3 questions:

(1) Am I enjoying what I'm doing?

(2) Am I happy with where I'm going?

(3) Am I satisfied with what I'm becoming?

One of his friends, a top Wall Street broker, called him back and said, "When I read the question, 'Am I satisfied with what I'm becoming?' I said, absolutely not! I'm tired of grabbing the Wall Street Journal first thing every morning like it's my Bible. My life has no real meaning outside of my investments, so, today I liquidated them all - I'm quitting! Tomorrow I'm beginning a new life and I want to thank you for giving me the courage to do it."

Don't end your life feeling empty, having your insides eaten away by a quest for things that can't satisfy. God has a wonderful plan for you. Spend time with Him today and let Him tell you about it.