My Expected End

 "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end." Jeremiah 29:11

I may not know the 'why's' of what is going on in my life right now...but what I do know is that it will bring me to my 'expected end.'  I don't have to worry about whether or not everything is going to turn out OK.  I'm promised that my end will be what God expected it to be; not what I expected it to be.  I know the end of my story will be the fulfilled purpose God intended my life to be for Him.  Every single situation, circumstance and every person I come into contact with, adds to my expected end.

God is in control, and it's all going to be OK.

In context, Jeremiah was bringing a message of national restoration and faithful endurance for the Jewish exiles facing 70 years of captivity in Babylon.  Can you imagine that?

"Ok, heads up!  You are going to be held in captivity in Babylon for 70 years, but just know that God will not forget you, and remember that this is God's 'peace' towards you and not evil.  God has an 'expected end' for you that will give you a future of hope!"

Sometimes things in my life aren't going so well.  Not what I expected.  Not what I had hoped for.

But God will use everything for His purpose, His plan, His glory...,

    and I can rest in knowing that everything will work out just as God intended it to be...

         to bring me to my expected end...

                but that's just me!