Jeremiah 29:11 (NKJV) 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
It’s important that we know what God thinks of us. People’s opinion of us can sometimes sway us to the left or the right. People’s opinions or words over us can affect the outcome of our lives hugely.
Why do we let what people think and say about us affect us? Why do we let it mess with our minds and emotions, causing us to sometimes be less than who God really wants us to be?
As children, we learn from the beginning that we get different responses and reactions from people based on what we do. If we’ve done something good and mom’s happy with it, we know that what we did was a good thing.
As we grow up, we learn what works and what doesn’t work to get praised or get a good reaction from others. And we carry that throughout our lives, when we go to school or work a job, etc.
Wherever we go, we watch and look for the reactions of others and we then base who we are on their thoughts about us and toward us. Our confidence gets built up on what others think or say about us.
God is saying today to each one of us, personally, that He has thoughts toward us! Our confidence should come from Him and Him alone.
Are we listening to His thoughts toward us today or are we letting everyone else mold us?
He has a future for each one of us. He tells us who we are and who we will become. Amen.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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