What's in it for me?!

i was reading jeremiah 29 this morning because of a "sermon" i heard yesterday. specifically, i was interested in jeremiah 29:11 which reads as this, "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." but verses 12 and 13 follow it up with this, "Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all of your heart."

i think all too often we, as all humans, are trying to find our "purpose" in life. i just saw a billboard for dr. phil yesterday for his show last night, "Reinvent yourself." he's not the only one. look in the bookstore, look online, look in the yellow pages...there are countless resources out there that deal with finding our purpose in life and getting closer to being the person we want to be...but i may suggest that one book alone will give us the true answer that we are looking for; The Bible.

i mean, if Jeremiah 29:11-13 doesn't tell us exactly what God has in store for us, then I don't know that any other source out there could compare. the ironic thing is that this isn't the only verse...there are many more where God states that He has a plan for us and if we just put our wants aside, He will give us everything we need (want is a different thing altogether). on top of all of this, we get Heaven in the end. if we follow the dr. phils of the world, what will we get?!