Last night’s live broadcast was amazing. The focus topic for last night was God’s outcome.
I looked up a definition of the meaning of God’s outcome, which refers to the result or consequence of divine intervention or God’s perfect will in a particular situation. Jeremiah 29:11 was looked at to reflect what God’s desired outcome is for His sons and daughters:
“For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not disaster, to give you a future and a hope” (NLT).
Jeremiah 29 is a letter from the prophet Jeremiah to the Jewish exiles who had been taken from Jerusalem to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar during the first wave of the Babylonian exile, around 597 BC. Babylon invaded Judah and took many of its elites—craftsmen, nobles, and officials—into exile. Jeremiah remained in Jerusalem and continued to prophesy during and after the deportation.
During this time, in Babylon, there were false prophets telling the exiles that their stay would be short, creating false hope and unrest.
In verse 10, God tells the people that the exile would last for 70 years.
“The truth is that you will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again”. (NLT)
Jeremiah 29 was written from a pastoral and prophetic perspective, offering guidance and correction to the exiles. In verse 11, Jeremiah’s message of hope was directed specifically to the exiled community, reassuring them that although their situation was painful and prolonged, God had not abandoned them. He had a future and a hope for them, even if it came through patience and faithfulness in a foreign land. This gives the sense of God’s sovereignty that even in exile, God controls history and uses it to refine and shape His people. Though this was aimed at the Jews in exile, you can still apply this hope to your circumstances, where you can find hope amid a crisis. It is important to understand that God’s outcome refers to God’s perfect will. How do you learn about God’s perfect will?
You learn God’s perfect will by reading and learning His word. God holds His word above His name: “For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name” Psalm 138:2 (KJV)
God promises us that “His word will not return to Him void, but it shall accomplish that which He pleases and it shall prosper in the thing whereto He sent it” Isaiah 55:11 (KJV). Everything God says concerning you must come to pass.
I spoke about how often when we think about the outcome of God, we always think of perfection as our ideal outcome. We focus on the natural results or outcomes of a matter based on our obedience to God. But God wants to remind us that it was never about the success that did or did not follow our actions- it was about our obedience to Him. We are focused on the results, but God is focused on the obedience. Our obedience supersedes our results.
Another way of learning about God’s perfect will is through your personal experiences.
Romans 8:28 (NLT) says
“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them” (NLT).
Not everything is God sent but God certainly allows these situations because He sees the good that will come from the unfulfilled plans of the enemy concerning you. Even those mistakes, God can use those mistakes as a divine GPS to usher you to His perfect will for your life.
I spoke about my experience when I travelled to Jamaica and how God allowed a scenic route experience to put me on track and in alignment with His perfect will. He even allowed me to get back to the United Kingdom earlier than my original flight. From this experience, I shared about the importance of looking for the message and revelation that comes with the journey rather than being focused on the destination.
I then shared my testimony of how a close brother and friend of mine went home to be with the Lord and how God used that experience to highlight and explain the meaning behind His sovereignty. Last night bore the most important lessons I have learnt so far in my journey with Jesus. It is my prayer that you encounter a Godly outcome in every area of your life.
Prayer: Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank You for this word of encouragement. Father, I pray to align me with your perfect will and help me to be more focused on my obedience to you than the results. Lord, help me to embrace your sovereign ways and will for my life. I yield myself to your perfect will. Lord, help me to be alert, aware, and conscious of your perfect will concerning my life. Help me not to be so desperate that I submit my destiny to a people or a place that is not in alignment with Your perfect will for my life, in Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.
YouTube Video ‘God’s Outcome’– https://bit.ly/446aUeQ
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