TUESDAY OCTOBER 8
“I
will restore you.” Joel 2:25 NKJV
HE’S A GOD OF RESTORATION (1)
Whatever life has taken from you, God can restore.
He might not give you exactly what you want, but He will give you what’s best.
And even when you fall under His corrective hand through obedience, if you
repent, He will reinstate you to a place of blessing. You say, “But what about
the time I’ve wasted, the opportunities I’ve squandered, and the mess I’ve made
of my life? Sometimes I wonder if I’ve fallen so low that even God cannot reach
me.” No, there’s hope for you. The Bible says, “Behold, the Lord’s hand is not
shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear” (Isa
59:1 NKJV). After wasting all that he’d inherited from his father, the Prodigal
Son returned home, broke and embarrassed. All he wanted was three square meals
and a job in the servants’ quarters. But the moment he said, “Forgive me,” his
father called for the best robe, the fattest cow, the newest shoes, and a ring
of son-ship restoring him to his rightful place as a member of the family. Even
under the crushing weight of the Old Testament Law, with demands no one could
live up to, God said, “If a man steals an ox or a sheep…he shall restore five
oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep” (Ex 22:1 NKJV). Now if God would do
that for those who lived under the Law and on the wrong side of the cross, how
much more will He do for those He has
redeemed? So you can go to Him today with confidence, knowing He’s a God of
restoration.
Taken
from the Word for you Today Devotional
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