Word for the day: “A promise to restore.”
Joel 2:25 (KJV) I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Great Day Leaders,
I trust upon receiving today’s inspiration; you can feel me pushing you to where God wants you. Within the last few years, I have experienced death, divorce, and disruption to my personal life. It is only the Lord’s amazing grace that has sustained me. In fact, the Lord is restoring my life beyond what I could’ve ever imagined. The Lord will and can do the same for you, my sisters, and brothers.
THE LORD PROMISES TO RESTORE OUR LIVES FROM PAST REGRETS, HURTS, AND SINS.
Do you have chapters in your life that you wish you could rewrite? Do you have regrets, sorrows, or wounds from past sins? I know I do, so I am writing today’s message.
God's wonderful promise is that the Lord not only forgives the repentant sinner but also heals the repentant sinner.
Although it is true that we may suffer life-long trials because of past sinful choices, the Lord is able to restore the years that you may feel have been eaten up by guilt, sinfulness, and immaturity.
God says, “I will restore to you the years.” How can this be? Will God reverse our life’s clock? Will God turn back our calendar?
Not necessarily, but God can pack so much living, vitality, and blessing into the years that you have remaining that you will be enabled to live a lifetime of joys, victories, and pleasures.
THE LORD PROMISES TO REMEMBER YOU WHEN OTHERS FORGET YOU.
When the Bible says that God “remembered” something, it does not imply forgetfulness. God always remembers it is part of the Lord’s nature.
The statement “God remembered” emphasizes His faithfulness and everlasting care.
This also implies that humankind is often unfaithful, and God’s faithfulness supersedes and makes it right.
Remember the thief on the cross (Luke 23:42-43)? Here was a man who had squandered all his life on murder, thievery, and selfishness.
Yet, in the waning moments of his life, Jesus arrested him and brought him to repentance and faith in Christ.
He then used the fleeting few minutes he had left to leave behind him an everlasting testimony of God’s grace to save, to pardon, to instruct, and even to resurrect.
That is the point at which this story communicates hope to all reading at this moment if you think yourself to be abandoned by God.
Our hope is not in our reasoning but in that, God is aware of all things and is, therefore, aware of you.
The hope is in knowing that God will act again on your behalf.
In the meantime, our job is to continue in faithful obedience to what the Lord has already shown you, trusting in a loving God to restore and remember you.
No matter how the chapters of your life have been written thus far, know this: when you repent and turn to Jesus Christ for salvation, God is able to multiply to you the remaining years of your life and use you mightily for His kingdom.
POINT TO PONDER
The Lord is willing to receive the repentant, and God is able to restore the ruined.
Are you ready to be restored?
Do you trust God to forgive you?
What does today’s message mean to your life now?
What does the Lord remembering you convey to your life right now?
Where are you in your life with the Lord?
The answer to these compelling questions will impact your life forever; God bless and sending love your way this day!
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