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Jeremiah 29:11

Do you ever wonder if God has a real plan for your life?  Maybe as you think about the future, you see it as being fully a matter of your choices and will.  Is there ever a thought that maybe God has something in mind for you that would make you most fully satisfied and wholly fulfilled.  He speaks to us in today's Scripture.

In Jeremiah's book of prophecy, at chapter 29 and verse 11 it says, "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."  Surely the Lord has plans for each of us individually, and plans for us collectively.

He says that these plans are to prosper us.  How would we be prospered in athletic terms?  Obviously we think of wins, trophies, medals and titles.  But how could we be prospered otherwise? 

We are prospered by the Lord when we display His character on the floor or in relationships with teammates.  We are prospered when our program signs new recruits and they come to aid us in our pursuit of excellence.  We prosper when the program gains notoriety for having done well athletically and in the classroom.  The Lord's hand is evident and his plan to prosper us is accomplished as we trust Him to work in our lives.

Lay it all on the line in today's competition and trust in the Lord's plans to prosper those who trust in Him.

Bible Reading Plan:
Luke 10:25-37
I Thessalonians 4:11-18