Will YOU BE THE ONE TO SAY RESTORE?

WILL YOU BE THE ONE TO SAY “RESTORE?

SCRIPTURE:  ISAIAH 42: 21-23

“It was the Lord’s pleasure for His righteousness sake to magnify instruction and revelation and glorify them.  But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them snared in holes and hidden in houses of bondage.  They have become a prey, with no one to deliver them, a spoil, with no one to say, RESTORE THEM.”

Restore means to bring something back to its original state, to good health or vigor, to put back into a former position, to renew or to make better!

The word “restore” describes the finished work of the Cross.  What Adam and Eve gave away by choosing the lies and deceptive words spoken by Satan, Jesus Christ paid the price for us with His own life to give back to mankind what God had intended for us from the beginning.

Genesis 1:27-28 “So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him, male and female He created them.  And God blessed them and said to them: Be fruitful, multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it (using all its vast resources in the service of God and man);….

Basically, man abdicated his position of having dominion and gave it to a fallen angel.  That brought chaos, sickness and lack to mankind which God never intended.

But Jesus bought back our rights to enjoy fellowship with God and the blessings of having dominion and being fruitful in our life’s endeavors.

How do we know this? 

Romans 5:19 “For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.”  Verse 17 says, “For if by one man’s offense/trespass death reigned through the one, MUCH MORE those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.”

This Scripture means we are to reign in life in the here and now!

This word “reign” means to rule as a king or queen, to prevail or be prevalent! 

You may say to yourself, how can this really be?  We do this according to God’s word through the life that has been given to us through Jesus Christ.

Colossians 2:9 says: “For in Christ dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him who is the head of all principality and power.”

Yet, because of believing the lies, insinuations and deceptions of the devil or lack of knowledge of God’s true intentions for mankind, men and women still today are living life trapped, plundered, robbed and prisoners in life.

Hosea 4:6 says: “My people are destroyed and perish because of a lack of knowledge.”

This is taking place even though the Lord’s desire is that His people, His kids, live through His provision, Jesus Christ, abundant, prosperous and healthy lives for His sake and pleasure.

Can you remember when you have done something special for someone or bought them something and it was barely acknowledged or appreciated how that felt?  Can you imagine how much pleasure it gives the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit when we are mindful and appropriate and appreciate the blessings He paid for us to have?

With that thought in mind, let this be our resolve today:  If the Lord is looking for someone to say “Restore,” He can sure count on me!

I will exercise my faith in the knowledge that God wants me and my loved ones as well as those He puts on my heart to receive back everything that has been plundered, robbed or stolen!  I will make the choice to rule and reign in life through Jesus Christ.

Because God says He is looking for someone to say “Restore,” I will boldly declare and believe for all that “Restore” means which is to bring something back to its original state, to good health and vigor and to be renewed each day!  That is how we enter into God’s plan through Jesus, our Savior and Lord.

Remember: He spoke to the wind, to fish, to trees, to bodies, to money, etc., and they obeyed.

Jesus declaration that He came that we might have life and have it MORE ABUNDANTLY is for you……However you must receive it!

Proverbs 22:12 says:  “Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.”

Our lead Scripture shows how much importance God places on His Word:

“IT WAS THE LORD’S PLEASURE FOR HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE TO MAGNIFY INSTRUCTION AND REVELATION AND GLORIFY THEM.”

So, trust that if the Lord asked the question:  “Who will say “RESTORE,” He has some plans in mind to fulfill your requests!

Take time to be specific.  Visualize yourself having what you are desiring.  Jesus said:  “Nothing or NO THING will be impossible to those that believe.” Luke 1:37

Then, do not try to figure out how God will do it, just trust, be specific  and stay in faith for it to happen!