Whatever the enemy has tried to take away from you, God wants to
restore it. God wants to make it better than before. That’s the kind of
Father He is. Every day we have choices put before us. We can be tempted
to get hurt, wounded, or depressed. We can complain and remain in the
same awful condition. Or we can praise God and be raised up.
One of the first things the enemy will try to steal from us is our
joy. He wants to get us sad, sorrowful, and oppressed. Remember what it
was like when you first were saved? There was joy unspeakable. God
doesn’t want us to lose that joy! Nehemiah 8:10 tells us, “The JOY of
the Lord is your strength.” It is important for Christians to have joy
in their life! If you don’t have joy, you don’t have any strength.
Don’t stay in that valley of despair and depression. Don’t allow what
people say to control you. You control your own destiny. Maybe everyone
isn’t going to be thrilled about you. But God is. You are who God
created you to be. And God likes you just fine. He’s thrilled about you!
Where does joy come from? We tap into joy by hanging out with God!
When we are in His Presence, we come out with a new spring in our step, a
new song in our heart. When we’re hanging out with Him, we take on His
characteristics.
And God is happy! Psalm 2:4 says, “He that sitteth in the heavens
shall LAUGH.” When we’re hanging out with God, we start acting like Him.
We’re full of joy, full of peace, full of rejoicing.
You may have been through some trouble, but God is the One Who brings
restoration. Isaiah 61:7 says, “For your shame ye shall have double;
and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in
their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto
them.”
In The Amplified Bible, this verse says, “. . . You shall have a
twofold RECOMPENSE. . . .” The word recompense is the same word that we
get worker’s compensation from. You know what worker’s compensation is
for? If you get injured on the job, they pay you worker’s compensation.
God is saying, “You’re working for Me. You got hurt in the service of
the Lord. And I’m going to give you worker’s compensation. I’m going to
give you double for your trouble.” Glory to God!
Joel 2:25 says, “I will restore to you the years that the locust hath
eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm.” Some
of you have been down with a lot of “worms” in your life. Some of you
have lost years to a bad marriage. Some of you have lost years to health
problems. But the Lord put something in my heart. He said, “My mercy is
greater than your mistakes, and I am a Master at fixing any disaster.”
God loves us that much. Whether we’ve done things that are our own
fault, or whether it is the enemy who has stolen from us, God is still
the Restorer!
God wants you to have that dream fulfilled. He wants you to have joy. He
wants you to have health in your body. God is a good God! And He’s got
good things in store for us. Don’t let the devil steal anything from
you. Declare restoration over your life! Take what belongs to you, in
the Name of Jesus
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