God's Plan, God's People, God's Glory

Most people want to feel like they matter. We scroll through social media hoping someone will notice us, or we chase after success, trying to prove we have worth. But true value isn’t found in what we do, it’s found in who we are in Christ.

Jeremiah 29:11–13 reminds us that God’s plans are for peace and wholeness, to bring us into harmony with Him. From before the foundation of the world, He chose to redeem and restore us through Jesus. When you understand that, life takes on new meaning. You realize that your story, with all its flaws and failures, has been folded into something much bigger—the eternal purpose of God.

Paul describes this in Ephesians 3. He says that God is using His people, the church, to display His “manifold wisdom.” That word manifold means “many-colored.” Think of a tapestry or painting made up of countless shades, textures, and threads. That’s what God is weaving through His work in the church. Every life, every act of faith, every moment of mercy adds depth and color to the masterpiece.

And the audience isn’t just the world around us; it’s heaven itself. Paul says that through the church, God’s wisdom is being shown to “the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.” Angels stand in awe at how God saves and transforms broken people. Even the powers of darkness tremble when they see what grace can do.

That’s what the church is: living proof of God’s wisdom, grace, and power. Not a building or an institution, but people, ordinary people who have been redeemed. Every time a sinner repents, every time a Christian forgives, every time a believer serves, God’s glory shines a little brighter.

And here’s the amazing part: God can use you. Paul called himself “the very least of all the saints.” He remembered his past, how he had persecuted the church, and yet God turned his life into a testimony of grace. Paul’s story reminds us that God delights in using broken, messy, imperfect people to show what His grace can do.

You may think your mistakes disqualify you. They don’t. In fact, your scars may become the very places where His glory shines most clearly. Every trial endured, every loss surrendered, every act of faithfulness, God uses it all to display His manifold wisdom.

Jeremiah 29:11 says God’s plans are for peace, to bring wholeness and fulfillment to your life. That’s still true. He knows what He’s doing with your story. He’s shaping you, teaching you, and working through you so that His wisdom will be seen in the world and praised in heaven.

So, here’s the question: Will you yield to His hand? Will you let Him use your life to show His grace?

When you do, you become part of something far greater than yourself—the church of the living God, the living display of His glory to every generation.