Restoration Promised

Have you ever seen an old classic car that became a total piece of junk fully restored? And restored in a way that makes your head spin? You can't help but take second and third looks! It's awesome because it essentially came back to life because someone decided to invest in it and then work on it. It once was just sitting there rusting, with broken and missing parts, and a damaged frame.  It seemed to be unsalvageable, but along came the right mind with the know- how and patience to restore it to a state more beautiful then ever. At times there was a lot of heat, cutting, waiting for parts to arrive, rebuilding intricate areas and making sure everything lined up. Every so often you'll see that guy or gal driving their fully restored classic car, and to say, "that's a really cool thing" is right, and at the same time kind of an understatement when you realize what it took to get it looking like a Beauty. Well, similarly, this earth, and the people in it are in great need of restoration. Both are God's creation, and he has promised not to abandon his creation.  He has an incredible plan to restore everything in a way that will make our heads spin. He decided to restore all he made, to invest in us and he's now continuing to work on all of it. It's HIS intentional process, and he is in control everything. There has already been a lot of blood, sweat and tears given by him to restore the hardest part of the process which is to soften our hard hearts toward him and remove our rusty sin.  Jesus' Life, Death, and Resurrection has made it possible to accomplish everything that needs to get done in the restoration of everything. God was the Decision Maker and has the resources. He is the only Soul and Spirit with the mind and know how to bring us and the earth out of the rubble and into newness of life. Everything is God's and he has amazing tools to continue in the restoration. All things, even what seems hurtful and painful, can be used to get rid of sin and death, rebellion, hate, war etc. There's a lot of this stuff going on and probably will be more because we are not willing to yield and surrender to The Lord of Life and Peace so he can do the work in us. So the cleaning up and rebuilding process is not easy. But, all things will eventually line up correctly. For example,  what is evil and sinful can't be called or accepted as good. That is not true.  What is wrong can't be treated as right. Confusion and lies and the like have to be fully dealt with. Transgressions have to be finished, sin needs to come to an end, iniquity must be reconciled, and righteousness needs to be brought in. Visions and prophecy have to be sealed up and the Most Holy will be anointed. There's a lot going on in order to restore everything to what it must be. But sooner then later the restoration will be complete. So will we trust God to do what he promised?

Here are the promises:

Acts 3:19-21
Isaiah 42:1-9
Revelation 21:1-5
Hosea 6:1
Psalm 71:20-21
1 Peter 5:10
Joel 2:22-26
Jeremiah 32:27
Psalm 51:7
Psalm 103:1-5
2 Corinthians 5:17
Ezekiel 37:1-10
Jeremiah 29:11-14
Mark 8:25
Psalm 23:3
Ephesians 5:14
Romans 8:28
1 Corinthians 15:24-28
Ephesians 1:10-11, 20-23
Hebrews 2:6-9

Consider THE CHOICE

Someone I need to know more....

That Someone shook me at the core....

I woke up in an awakening, a moment...

That priceless----- yet infrequent visitation where I could consider my ways.

Consider: the contrast of light vs. dark stood still before me. What or better WHO is making me see the difference?

I stood in a vast place....unfamiliar yet so true. A jagged violent line dividing the sky; a rough and gaping line cutting through the horizon. No place to roam between! Consider...

I hear a voice so pure, this Someone so radiant with rightness that my heart quaked inside. The voice causing fear I never knew; a fear that shattered lies; a fear that nothing was unknown inside of me; a fear that guilt could not escape. My heart was seeing and confirming that I AM RUINED AND LOST. JUSTICE IS FALLING!

Escape is void of Someone's HOLINESS... so all consuming...The Everywhere Holiness of the Almighty. I knew it was Him. The One who made me....he is speaking.

His voice and presence all there, and absent at the same time. Consider THE CHOICE....The chasm above and precipice below screamed a perfect harmony of light and dark, life and death, peace and terror. The abyss swallowed his silence. The heavens declared His Glory. Consider CHOICE....

I choose to be in His Glory, because he chose me first. Someone's LOVE broke into me...

Glory to God forever through my Savior Jesus Christ!

Encouragement Plead

...Need to fear God....Serious times we are living in.... Don't run from the battle....Not supposed to....Will have some answering to do because we ran from battle. The Laborers are few. Calamities or curse can happen to people personally and corporately when we walk away from the law of The Lord. Pray for a healthy fear of God, and an appreciation for His way of dealing with our sins (so selfless and kind). Pray for an unending repentance in our hearts and a sorrow and hatred for the things that are not good.