The Plan For Restoration Part 4

In the Pre-Adamic world, God had set up all things here on earth.  Then the rebellion of Satan and one-third of the angels caused God to pronounce judgment and cover the earth with water.  When the LORD decided to restore the earth, He returned to earth, when He sent His Spirit to hover over the earth.  He rebuilt what was destroyed, as He said, “Let there be…” He reestablished His laws, which keep things in perfect balance by instructing Adam what to do to maintain the Garden.  Finally, He rested.

Does this mean He sat back and did nothing?  Does this mean He is no longer involved in the affairs of our lives?  Does this mean man is free to do whatever he wants?  No.  It means God does what it takes to insure things function according to what He returned to, rebuilt, and reestablished as His law.  He moves in and out through circumstances and actions to make sure His will is carried out in our lives.  He knows according to what He has put in motion, His perfect will, shall be done in our lives.

Once you have returned, rebuilt, and reestablished, you must rest.  Rest in knowing if you follow His laws, then His perfect will shall be done in your life.  Does this mean you sit back and do nothing?  No.  This means you spend more time learning about Him, so you may more closely reflect His ways.  

The Plan For Restoration Part 3

When we begin to move away from God, we leave things, which were in order, unattended.  Unlike God, when we establish something, if left unattended, the laws governing what we established are soon broken down and eradicated.  We must reestablish things being done God’s way.

The Bible gives us clear examples of how to go about this.  After returning to Him, and starting to rebuild the relationship and time with Him we have let go, we must start to reestablish His laws in our daily lives.  Begin doing things His way, putting Him first in all things, and following His guidance and direction, will begin our reestablishing of the LORD as GOD of our lives!

Will you reestablish Him as the only God in your life today?

The Plan for Restoration Part 2

Once we have returned to working out after a long lay off, we often find we have lost a considerable amount of strength and body muscle.  It’s not as easy, or nearly impossible for us to do what we use to do.  The weight seems heavier, the running distance we are able to cover seems shorter, and our endurance is less.  It takes time to rebuild our conditioning back to where we were prior to moving away from working out.  However if we continue to work at it, it will come back to us soon.  And we will be rebuilt back up as before.

The same is true with God.  In His plan for Restoration for us, after we Return to Him, we must start to Rebuild.  Because we have been away from Him, the process will seem heavier.  It will appear you will never get to the end.  And you will often feel like quitting because your strength will not endure as long as it use to.  However if we continue to work at it, He will come back to us, and help us rebuild all we have lost.

The Plan for Restoration Part 1

When you give parental guidance and direction.  Once the child rebels by choosing to go their own way, you sometimes have to let them run their own course until they cry out to you for help.  Then once they have cried out, you allow them to show you they are serious and not just sorry their way didn’t work out for them.  When the children of Israel went against the LORD’s direction and were taken captive, they cried out to The LORD for help.   He then instructed them to return to Him before He gave them restoration.  In doing so, He gives us symbolically what we must do in our first step of Restoration.  We must return unto Him. 

This means you must leave those things, which drew you away.  Whether it was drugs, alcohol, trying to “keep up with the Jones’”, not getting up to go to church, stop giving tithes, quit studying His Word, taking time to pray, or putting anything before Him, we must go back to doing those things.

If you want restoration and have cried out to the LORD, its time you put Him first in all things.  This will begin your restoration.  

There Is A Plan For Restoration

When things have gone wrong, and you have suffered loss, whether it is materially or spiritually, the Bible tells us how to go about getting Restoration. 

Restoration means the return of something to a former owner, place, or condition.  According to the Prophet Joel, the LORD tells us, “I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.”  This lets us know not only did He allow it to happen, but He will also give back to you what was lost.

There is a plan for your loss.  There is a plan for you to recover.  There is a plan!