Restoration

Psalms 23:3
Psalms 51:10
Isaiah 65:17
 
Restoration is the act of putting someone or something back into a prior position, place, or condition.  It’s just like you see on TV or even around this city – you see people restoring or renovating a house or renovating a building.   Some people restore old furniture and old cars; there are different things that people do as far as renovation or restoration.
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When I think about restoration or restoring I think about myself.  As you all have heard me say, there were times in the past when I went through life as a backsliding Christian.  I was caught up in the world and didn’t even think about God.  I would get up on a day like today without a thought about God.  I was so caught up in the world and the things of this world, but I thank God that He is a restorer.  I truly thank God that He is a restorer.

In Psalm 23 the psalmist says: He restores my soul.  I once heard a sermon preached entitled “Slipped Off the Foundation”.  We have a tendency sometimes to slip off our foundation, to stray away from the things we know are right.  But God wants to restore us and lead us onto the path of righteousness.  David the psalmist is letting us know that God is a restorer. 

The bible does not promise us, even as believers, that we will be spared from difficulties.  There is no such thing!   We will suffer things, and we will go through things but we have a promise that God will restore us.   Sometimes God might want us to endure some things and those things will help define who we are; those things may well define our walk with God.  

It makes me think about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ - look what He went through, but at the end, He was restored, and is seated at the right hand of the Father.  I’m here to tell you restoration truly has come through Jesus Christ.

Maybe you slipped and fell; maybe you’re all out of position.  Thank God, He is a restorer.  If you give your heart to the Good Shepherd, He will restore your soul.
~J. T.

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