THURSDAY OCTOBER 10
“That
you through his poverty might become rich.” 2 Co 8:9 NIV
HE’S A GOD OF RESTORATION (3)
Are you saying, “If only I hadn’t said, or done…”? You’re
not unique; we all have our regrets. But God wants us to learn from them, not live
in them. “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was
rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might
become rich.” Jesus wore the crown of thorns so you could wear the crown of
righteousness, and be in right standing with God. “Being justified by faith, we
have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ro 5:1). Being justified
gives you the right to stand before God and claim His best. Is your business
struggling, or failing? Peter the fisherman experienced that too. So Jesus, the
Restorer, said to him: “’Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a
catch.’ But Simon answered and said to Him, ‘Master, we have toiled all night
and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.’ And when
they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was
breaking. So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help
them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink” (Lk
5:4-7 NKJV). Just one word from Jesus, and you can go from the threshold of bankruptcy
to adding a second boat. Jesus actually gave Peter back more than he lost. So the word for you today is, “Believe for more
than you expected, because our God is a God of restoration.”
Taken
from the Word for you Today Devotional
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