Trust God’s timing- it always comes with the promise of hope, no matter what our circumstances. Then there’s that pesky free will that takes us out of God’s wonderful plan. We live in a fallen world, we can’t escape suffering and painful situations. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33b (NIV) He spoke just the opposite: “ In this world, you will have trouble. Jesus never promised our lives wouldn’t have pain or hardship. He can use trials to mold and shape our character into better versions of ourselves. Sometimes the “good” is persevering through trials. Regardless of how we see God’s plans for us, they are always good. I doubt that is what they wanted to hear… But He still promised them hope and a future. God’s plan for them included more enslavement! In the verse immediately preceding this statement, however, God had informed them they would spend a total of 70 years in exile. God spoke those words to the Israelites who were in exile in Babylon.
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