An Expected End

Jeremiah 29:11-14 "An Expected End"

The Hebrew word for expected is "tik-vaw", which is a feminine noun referring to HOPE or EXPECTATION. It refers to an ATTITUDE of ANTICIPATION with the expectation that SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN! Hope can be equivalent to a longing or a desire.

Isreal refused to comply with the commands of God, which then led to their seventy-years of Babylonian captivity. This unfortunate twist of fate positioned the good to suffer along with the bad. This cognitive logic is how we view it or see it. God's plans ALWAYS have purpose and destination in mind as it relates to us. This means, REGARDLESS the situation we're in, God "OVERRULES" satan's intended purposes! I know you guys want to shout right here, but hold on just a little while longer!

The captivity, or circumstances that has you BOUND has an "expiration date" mandated by God. In other words, God is saying to the enemy, "Best Used Before This Date". In the case of the children of Isreal, their expiration date in Babylonian captivity were to end after seventy year.

God simply used the captivity of His people as a "Teaching Moment" for those who took them captive. In most cases, it's hard and sometimes difficult to see and understand WHY and HOW did my situation take a turn for the worse especially when you and I have prayed and fasted much. It's so difficult to see God, let alone His hands during this dense and dark moment in your life. You just didn't plan for things to turn out this way. Depression wraps itself around you like chords of steel, preventing you from believing that God can get you through this. Saints Hold On, help isn't on the way, it's ALREADY HERE!

When gardeners or farmers plant a garden, they already know WHEN to prepare the difficult and hard ground for the precious seed. Farmers know what type seed they have and what type harvest to expect! In other words, prior to the planting of the seed, the fallow ground, or the hard soil must be BROKEN UP in preparation for the precious seed. I think you know where i'm going with this. God's intended "BROKENESS" in your life and mine, has meaning beyond what humans can comprehend. It's a God Thing! This is not the time to put a period, where God simply placed a comma!

The seed is placed in a cold, dirty, and isolated position, in the ground. Sometimes, it's walked on, unbeknowing to individuals who pass by. Out of the public's eye, placed in a position of "stillness", the seed is benefitting from the "dirt" surrounding it. Remember, seeds are on assignment to be bound in captivity to the ground for a season and a reason. Pretty soon, evidence for what was once hid out of sight and view begins to show some sign and evidence of growth. Farmers NEVER plant a garden without having an ATTITUDE of ANTICIPATION with the expectation that SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN! You must know that God's purpose is far GREATER!

Let me come to where you are now! God says, I allowed you to be separated from others, placing you in a "dark spot" where you could GROW. I watered you with my tears, while you were going through your germination period. I used the dirt they had on you, to grow you. Now, you're starting to bud, you're starting to brake through the ground that once had you bound. I the Lord nurtured you, loved you, when EVERYBODY gave up on you because of "WHATEVER". From the time I planted you, I ALREADY had an "Expected End" for you. I'm the one who gave you PEACE, when they gave you a pink slip. I'm the one who gave you HEALING, when they wouldn't give you health care. Check my resume in Psalms 37:25 if you have any doubts!

For I know the PLANS I have for YOU, (yes YOU, yes, EVEN YOU), declares the Lord, to PROSPER YOU and NOT to harm you, PLANS to give you HOPE and a FUTURE. Jeremiah 29:11 NIV. (my emphasis)

Please remember this, for 38 chapters in the book of Job, God was silent while Job talked, but the last three chapters, Job was silent while God talked. It was then that God prospered Job and gave him double for his trouble. Not only that, but the Bible says, Job's Latter End was BETTER than his beginning, why?

God gave him "An Expected End"