 Like Israel, we've ceased to be concerned about the welfare of the city, to say nothing of working for its good rather than our own. Jeremiah wrote, Plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. I'm absolutely convinced that those are still God's desires for His children, past, present, and future. But much of the fulfillment of those plans will come during the process of and following our submission and obedient response today.