God’s plans for His people are so good… and they haven’t changed since the beginning of time.
This truth has been settling deep into my heart lately as I’ve been reading through Jeremiah.
Israel had drifted. Their hearts had grown cold. Their leaders were wicked. The culture was a mess. Idol worship was common. Sin was blatant. Judgment was coming — and honestly, judgment was warranted.
The people of God were about to be carried away into Babylon, and they would be there for a long time.
And yet… but God.
Oh friend, He really is so wonderful.
In Jeremiah 29, the Lord gives His people promises and hope to cling to. He says in verse 11 and following:
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
God’s plans for His people were good — even though there were hard seasons of learning and growing on the road to those good plans.
But what struck me most as I read this passage this time wasn’t only the promise… it was the instructions.
Before God gives those well-known verses, He tells His people how to live while they’re in exile. And it’s so simple. So steady. So anchored. It’s not panic. It’s not despair. It’s not obsession over what they cannot control.
It’s faithfulness.
Here’s what the Lord says in the verses right before:
Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.
Do you see it?
God’s plan for His people to thrive — even in hard times — centered around the family.
From the beginning of creation, God’s design for flourishing has always included the home: one man, one woman, and their children growing together, serving Him, and shining His light. Is it any wonder that in every generation, in every increasingly wicked culture, the enemy aims straight at the family?
Because strong families build strong churches.
Strong families bless communities.
Strong families raise the next generation of faithful men and women.
And when the family is attacked, everything suffers.
So the Lord tells His people: build, plant, marry, raise your children, keep going, keep praying, keep living faithfully.
That may not feel flashy — but it’s powerful.
And I believe God is calling us to the same kind of steady faithfulness right now. A call to be faithful… not just get by.
Friends, we don’t have to fret or fear. We don’t have to obsess over everything that seems to be unraveling. We know what God has called us to do today.
And that’s where we want to come alongside you.
For David and me, our hearts have never been to simply host events or offer resources. We desire to walk with families as you live out what God has called you to do.
Because a healthy family doesn’t happen by accident. It’s built — one faithful day at a time — through God’s grace and the steady investment of parents who are willing to say, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
And friend, you were never meant to do this alone.
So while we wait in a world that sometimes feels increasingly dark, let’s do what God told His people to do in Babylon:
Let’s strengthen our marriages.
Let’s raise our children with faithfulness and joy.
Let’s disciple them as they grow — and guide them as they launch.
Let’s invest in our communities, pray for our cities, and build relationships that point others to Jesus.
Let’s stay steady. Let’s stay faithful. Let’s keep building what matters.
Because God is still writing a story — and His plans are still good.
David and I are praying for you as we step into a new year, and we are looking forward to seeing you — at events, through TTD365, and in every way we can — as we grow together and pursue the calling God has placed on your family.
