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A God who restores.


Restoration: the action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition.

Psalm 51:12 says "Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

A familiar prayer, a familiar place. 

Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Give me the joy I had when I first got saved.
Uphold me with a willing spirit. Help me to willingly surrender my life and desires to you.

God is all about restoration. In fact, in the past, present and future He is actively restoring what was lost in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve sinned. God sent His only begotten Son to restore our broken relationship with Him. Revelation talks about how He will restore the Earth when Jesus comes back.

21 Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.

Even in our day to day God is in the business of restoring. He is restoring broken relationships, friendships, families, finances, health, hopes, and countless other things. Restoration is God's business and He delights in making old things new. But when God restores He does a new thing, an unfamiliar thing to where the latter isn't like the former, it's always better.

Here are some reminders for you:
  • He is the same God who restored Joseph,.
  • He is the same God who restored the people of Israel.
  • He is the same God that restored Job and all that he lost.
  • He is the same God that restores situations and people today.

John 3:16
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

He remains the same, always working to restore what's been lost, broken, or stolen. He replaces, renews, revives, and return STILL.

Job 42:10
10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.

1 Peter 5:10
10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.

Joel 2:25-26
25 “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten— the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm — my great army that I sent among you. 26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has gone; the new is here!
—2 Corinthians 5:17


Psalm 23
1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

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