Man, if I can remember that our King is good! That God’s heart toward me is kindness. That just like this verse promises, all His plans for me are in my best interest. That ultimately, His plans are good, because He is good. Trusting these truths would change the way I face my future: all the unknowns and especially the way I walk through storms and trials in my life that feel shaky or unsafe.

I’m so thankful the King loves us enough to give us a hopeful future, and that His plans for us are good. When the lie closes in that tries to convince us of the opposite—that He really isn’t kind or that His plans are for our harm—let’s walk forward together holding on to this truth. Good kings make good plans. And our King? He’s really and truly and deeply and fully good. That means any plan He makes can be trusted, including the one He has for us. 

• What unsteady circumstances sometimes tempt you to believe God isn’t good? 
• Do you believe God’s heart toward you is kindness? Why or why not? 
• Look back over key moments in your own story. What parts of the journey seemed like God must’ve had the plans all wrong—only to find out later that His plan was actually far better for you than you ever could have seen in the moment?

Ellie Holcomb - Fighting Words