Trust God to restore all that you have lost!

7/13/2017

“Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another, How my heart yearns within me!” Job 19:27 NKJV

After hearing words of condemnation and accusation Job makes an incredible statement. He says; I know my redeemer lives. He shall stand at last on the earth. In my flesh I shall see God. How my heart yearns within me!”

Twenty-two years ago God gave my wife and I desire for another child. She had two miscarriages and a still birth. The doctors advised her not to get pregnant again. She did. She spent nine months on bed rest.

Our son was born with intrauterine growth retardation, an enlarged heart, a dangerously low sodium count and other health issues. His heart stopped beating in the hospital. The doctors revived him. His first three years of life were a struggle.

Joshua had a heart for the Lord. One day he cried as if in great pain. When we asked what was wrong he said, “I just want to be with the Lord. When my heart stopped God took me. I want to go back. I love Him so much. I just want to be with Him.”

Joshua’s love and desire for God was true and genuine in a way only a child’s can be.

Two days before his eighteenth birthday our son left home. He walked off into sinful living. He broke our hearts. Our lives were shattered. We lost the son we knew. He became a different person. The little boy who loved and longed for Jesus was dead!

Joshua turned his back on sinful living. He repented. He returned to his first love. He has been clean and sober for a year now. I see him walking out his repentance day by day.

My redeemer lives! He will stand on the earth again. I believe in the resurrection of the saints. I will see Him with my own eyes. So will my son. The pain and sorrow of this world drives me forward. My heart beats for that day. So does Joshua’s!

Job experienced pain and loss. So have I. You probably have as well. Trusting God with sorrow and hardship is one of the ways we put feet to our faith!

Watching our son walk through the valley of the shadow of death was painful. It was a journey of faith. We loved him from a distance. We prayed for him. We waited in faith for God to resurrect the son we know and love. I know my redeemer lives!

Your redeemer lives! Jesus will stand upon the earth again. You can stand with Him in your resurrected body. You can see Him with your own eyes if you live for Jesus today!

Trust Jesus to make your broken heart whole again. Trust Him to redeem the prodigals in your family.

Trust God to restore all that you have lost!

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Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour. Acts 16:16-18 NKJV

The slave girl was speaking the truth. She was possessed by an evil spirit. The evil spirit was drawing people away from Christ!

This attack came as God’s servants went to prayer. The enemy of our souls attacks when we step out in faith. Satan seeks to distract us. He wants us to focus our attention on things other than Jesus.

The devil perverts the truth. He uses it against us. No one can serve two masters. This girl was speaking the truth about Paul and his companions while practicing witchcraft. When people claim to speak for God we must consider how they live.

The girl followed the disciples for several days before they cast the demon out of her. It is important for us to wait on the Lord before stepping out in faith. The bible tells us Paul was greatly annoyed by this girl. Paul was not fearful. The Lord was with Him!

Paul and Silas were put in jail. The owners of the slave girl were angry at the loss of income when the demon was cast out of her. While Paul and Silas were in jail they shared the gospel with the jailer. His entire household was saved.

God uses Satan’s attacks for His glory and our salvation!

Satan is a real being. He takes people captive to do his will. There really are demons who seek to destroy God’s people and bring destruction to our world.

We have nothing to fear from the devil or his demons when we live according to God’s will. We have nothing to fear from anyone or anything when we step out in faith to serve Jesus!

Jesus wants us to fear Him and Him alone. He wants us to know His power and authority are unequaled in all of creation.

God wants you share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the people in your life. Jesus wants you to walk in great boldness because He is with you everywhere you go!

Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Trust God to restore all that you have lost!

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