Restored!

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Encouragement for your daily walk with God

I have been fascinated with the restoration of Israel since my first visit there in 1969. Scattered across the world without a homeland for nearly 2,000 years, Jews came back as a nation on May 14th 1948. What an amazing restoration! That national miracle is a great reminder of the power of resurrection, and the process of restoration which follows.

There is another miracle of restoration that I have to bring in here. It’s the New Birth every Christ follower experiences when he/she puts their complete confidence in Christ’s work of redemption at the cross. 

When we are born again by the power of God, we begin cooperating with Him to rebuild and restore our lives. Like the Israelis who rebuilt their nation, we work under the power of a Divine mandate—a mandate of restoration. Our lives, once dead and decimated, are being repaired and restored with new vitality. 

Dear Christ follower, God is at work. In divine love, He is restoring your life, transforming it each day to be more in the image of His dear Son. Be encouraged and be an encourager. None of us have arrived, but like the children’s song of old says, “Little by little every day; little by little in every way, Jesus is changing me!” We are being restored! 

But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,‘ declares the LORD, ‘because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.’  Jeremiah 30:17