GOD’S PLAN OF ASSURED HOPE: TO GIVE YOU A HOPEFUL LIFE TODAY AND A BLESSED FUTURE IN THE GRACE! 

“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” Jeremiah 29:11/NIV. 

God has an assured hopeful plan for you. Not a pessimistic and positive thinking ideological mental picture that leads to no fruition as many wish. God’s assured hope and hopeful future is a scripturally secured hope in His word, that can outlast your today and tomorrow in the grace. God’s assured hope plan is to give you a hopefully blessed [prosperous] future [3 John 1:2; Jeremiah 29:11]. God’s assured hope is in the fulness of who God is – in His nature and character, and as Father God who LOVES you – For you ARE His creation’s BEST – and you ARE His assured plan – and you ARE in His Plan to fulfil a PURPOSE meaningfully in the grace. You ARE the only upright being of God’s creation that’s on two feet. Hence you can’t live less than what’s available for you on your redemption rights and privileges in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

For this assured hope assurance, you need to anchor your faith in the grace; as such I want you to know these: 

Firstly, God LOVES you in spite of whatsoever is going on right now in your life – for both good or challenging times are designed to work out for your good and goodness in the grace Romans 8:28; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10. That default of God’s love won’t change or be reversed because God is love. He’s the definition of love and will keep upholding His word. For in love, He has begotten us and in love He will keep us to fulfill His assured plan, purpose and pursuit for us in the grace in Christ Jesus stead. God will uphold His WORD to ensure that His assured promise becomes your reality today and tomorrow – Do you believe? 

“I will worship toward Your holy temple and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your truth and faithfulness; for You have EXALTED above all else Your NAME and Your WORD and You have MAGNIFIED Your WORD above all YOUR name” Psalms 138:2/Amplified Classic Edition. 

“He that loveth not knoweth not God; FOR GOD IS LOVE. [16] And we have known and believed the LOVE that God hath to us. GOD IS LOVE; and he that dwelleth in LOVE dwelleth in God, and God in him” 1 John 4:8, 16. 

“And from Jesus Christ, who is the FAITHFUL witness, and the first BEGOTTEN of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that LOVED us, and WASHED us from our sins in his own blood, [6] and hath MADE us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen” Revelation 1:5-6. 

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the LOVE of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. [8] But God COMMENDETH HIS LOVE TOWARD US, in that, while we were YET SINNERS, Christ DIED for us” Romans 5:5, 8. 

Secondly, it must be noted that Father God doesn’t measure us by the eyes of men; and it’s irrelevant whether you ARE right now low or high in life altitude – God’s assured hopeful today and tomorrow for you remains unchanged. For you are still God’s best and His intent is to give you a hopeful today and a future in life; and His enabling, set grace to make it possible is irrevocable and at its FULNESS for your good and goodness in Him in Christ Jesus’ stead. And because you are in His purpose of Love, He’s processing you to ensure that all things – the good and the challenging times – work together for your expected end. For what God has for you is not in any man but within you only by the Holy Spirit of revelation. And the assured Holy Spirit of our salvation in the grace is already at work to reveal you, manifest you and showcase you for God’s glory and praise in the grace. 

So, knowing that the assured hope is at work, working in you to become in the grace, it should compel you to let God make you whole and complete in His PREDESTINED plan, purpose and pursuit for you in every way. For your destiny and definition are embedded inside you and not in anyone else – to manipulate, control or counterfeit – except you give them the opportunity. So, don’t think anyone else can hold back your today and tomorrow – for only you can hold back yourself, except you give up the “you” to someone else to define you instead of God’s assured hope definition of you. You ARE the custodian of your happiness and joy for your today and tomorrow in the grace in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

“And we KNOW that all things work together for good to them that LOVE God, to them who are the CALLED according to HIS PURPOSE. [29] For whom he did FOREKNOW, he also did PREDESTINATE to be CONFORMED to the image of his Son, that he might be the FIRSTBORN among many brethren. [30] Moreover whom he did PREDESTINATE, them he also CALLED: and whom he CALLED, them he also JUSTIFIED: and whom he JUSTIFIED, them he also GLORIFIED” Romans 8:28-30. 

“But as it is written, EYE HATH NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, Neither have ENTERED into the HEART of man, The things which God hath PREPARED for them that LOVE him. [10] But God hath REVEALED them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit SEARCHETH all things, yea, the deep things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10. 

“That in the DISPENSATION of the FULNESS of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: [11] in whom also we have OBTAINED an inheritance, being PREDESTINATED according to the PURPOSE of Him who WORKETH ALL THINGS after the COUNSEL of his own will: [12] that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ” Ephesians 1:10-12. 

You need to be assured to know and say to yourself that God loves you, and cares about you, and it’s irrespective, and it is without sentiment, prejudice and dissimulation; and it thus matters not how your day, week, month and year has been, especially this day called today, because God is good and faithful, true and sure in His assured hope and a future in the grace in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

And it is my earnest PRAYER that you might know the divinely assured hope of God in His LOVE for you, that TRANSCENDS and SURPASSES human sense knowledge of LOVE. 

“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being ROOTED and GROUNDED in LOVE, [18] may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; [19] AND TO KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST, which PASSETH [TRANSCEND, SURPASSED] KNOWLEDGE [HUMAN SENSE], that ye might be FILLED with all the FULNESS of God” Ephesians 3:17-19. 

You need to rise up, tidy up yourself, raise up your head, look upwards, adjust your shoulders, shake off your limitations and see the dawning of a new you in the eyes of God’s love, to make it good for you. You need to be heads up, shoulders high and on the high heels of faith in Christ Jesus’ stead. For you ARE being processed daily, counting for your good and goodness, on your onward and upward trajectory in the path of greatness to fulfil purpose meaningfully and unreservedly fruitfully. 

Therefore, say to yourself, I am God’s made and best and His showcase in the grace with ASSURED HOPE; and I will not fail, because God has never failed and will not fail, and He won’t begin with me no matter what my present circumstances appear to be. For every situation is designed for my becoming and certainly I am becoming by God’s best in process in the grace in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen! 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHT WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“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” Jeremiah 29:11/NIV. 

“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being ROOTED and GROUNDED in LOVE, [18] may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; [19] AND TO KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST, which PASSETH [TRANSCEND, SURPASSED] KNOWLEDGE [HUMAN SENSE], that ye might be FILLED with all the FULNESS of God” Ephesians 3:17-19. 

“For God so LOVED the world, that he GAVE his only BEGOTTEN Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. [17] For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. [18] He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” John 3:16-18. 

“He that loveth not knoweth not God; FOR GOD IS LOVE. [16] And we have known and believed the LOVE that God hath to us. GOD IS LOVE; and he that dwelleth in LOVE dwelleth in God, and God in him” 1 John 4:8, 16. 

“And from Jesus Christ, who is the FAITHFUL witness, and the first BEGOTTEN of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that LOVED us, and WASHED us from our sins in his own blood, [6] and hath MADE us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen” Revelation 1:5-6. 

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the LOVE of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. [8] But God COMMENDETH HIS LOVE TOWARD US, in that, while we were YET SINNERS, Christ DIED for us” Romans 5:5, 8. 

“And we KNOW that all things work together for good to them that LOVE God, to them who are the CALLED according to HIS PURPOSE. [29] For whom he did FOREKNOW, he also did PREDESTINATE to be CONFORMED to the image of his Son, that he might be the FIRSTBORN among many brethren. [30] Moreover whom he did PREDESTINATE, them he also CALLED: and whom he CALLED, them he also JUSTIFIED: and whom he JUSTIFIED, them he also GLORIFIED” Romans 8:28-30. 

“But as it is written, EYE HATH NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, Neither have ENTERED into the HEART of man, The things which God hath PREPARED for them that LOVE him. [10] But God hath REVEALED them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit SEARCHETH all things, yea, the deep things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10. 

“That in the DISPENSATION of the FULNESS of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: [11] in whom also we have OBTAINED an inheritance, being PREDESTINATED according to the PURPOSE of Him who WORKETH ALL THINGS after the COUNSEL of his own will: [12] that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ” Ephesians 1:10-12. 

SUMMARY 

This message is a prophetic declaration of GOD’S PLAN OF ASSURED HOPE: TO GIVE YOU A HOPEFUL LIFE TODAY AND A BLESSED FUTURE IN THE GRACE. 

It anchors your faith on the truth that God’s plan for you is not wishful thinking, positive mental ideology, or man’s opinion. It is a scripturally secured, covenant hope rooted in who God is — His nature, His character, and His love for you. 

1. THE FOUNDATION: GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU

• Jeremiah 29:11/NIV: “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” 

• God’s assured hope plan is to give you a hopefully blessed future [3 John 1:2]. 

• This hope outlasts your today and tomorrow because it is built on God’s Word, not circumstances. 

• You ARE God’s creation’s BEST. You ARE His assured plan. You ARE in His Plan to fulfil a PURPOSE meaningfully in the grace. 
  Hence, you cannot live below your redemption rights and privileges in Christ Jesus’ stead.[prosperous] 

2. FIRSTLY: THE DEFAULT OF GOD’S LOVE NEVER CHANGES

God LOVES you in spite of what is going on right now — good or challenging times. 

• Why? Because GOD IS LOVE [1 John 4:8, 16]. He is the definition of love and He upholds His Word above all [Psalm 138:2]. 

• In love He begot us, washed us, made us kings and priests [Revelation 1:5-6], and commended His love toward us while we were yet sinners [Romans 5:5, 8]. 

• All things — good and challenging — are working together for your good because you are called according to His purpose [Romans 8:28]. 

• Do you believe? God will uphold His Word to make His assured promise your reality today and tomorrow. 

3. SECONDLY: GOD DOES NOT MEASURE YOU BY MEN

• Your life altitude — whether low or high right now — does not change God’s assured hopeful plan for you. 

• You are still God’s best. His enabling grace is irrevocable and at its FULNESS for your good. 

• You are being processed by God so that all things work for your expected end. 

• What God has for you is within you by the Holy Spirit of revelation. The Spirit is already at work to reveal, manifest and showcase you for God’s glory. 

• Your destiny is embedded in you. No man can manipulate, control or counterfeit it except you give them that access. 
  You ARE the custodian of your happiness and joy in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

4. THE HOLY SPIRIT’S ROLE AND YOUR IDENTITY

• You have been FOREKNOWN, PREDESTINATED, CALLED, JUSTIFIED and GLORIFIED [Romans 8:29-30]. 

• God has PREPARED things for you that eye has not seen, and He REVEALS them by His Spirit [1 Corinthians 2:9-10]. 

• You have an inheritance and are predestinated according to the PURPOSE of Him who works all things [Ephesians 1:10-12]. 

• PRAYER: That you may know the LOVE OF CHRIST which PASSES knowledge, that you may be FILLED with all the FULNESS of God [Ephesians 3:17-19]. 

5. YOUR POSTURE IN THIS SEASON

• Rise up, tidy up, raise your head, look upwards. Shake off limitations. 

• Be heads up, shoulders high and on the high heels of faith in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

• You are on an onward and upward trajectory to fulfil purpose meaningfully and fruitfully. 

• DECLARE THIS: “I am God’s made and best and His showcase in the grace with ASSURED HOPE; and I will not fail, because God has never failed and will not fail… For every situation is designed for my becoming and certainly I am becoming by God’s best in process in the grace in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen!” 

CALL TO ACTION 

Dear friend, anchor your faith TODAY. 

1. BELIEVE: Say to yourself — “God loves me, cares for me, and His plan for me stands. It is without sentiment, prejudice or dissimulation.” 
2. ANCHOR: Root and ground yourself in God’s Word and in His love. Refuse to let men define you. 
3. ALIGN: Give the Holy Spirit access to reveal, process and complete you in God’s predestined plan. 
4. ACTIVATE: Rise up daily. Shake off limitation. Walk in your redemption rights. Expect a hopeful today and a blessed future. 

The God who began a good work in you will complete it. His assured hope cannot fail. You are in process. You are becoming. And your best is ahead of you in the grace. 

Amen!