Today's Devotional Thought
May 11, 2010 by Rachel Piferi
I Will Restore You
Are you coming out of a period of your life where you feel like you need to be renewed, refreshed, or restored? Do you feel like you have been swarmed by locust and need a fresh start?
Many of us have days, weeks, or even years where we feel worn down by life. We may have made bad decisions that left us with a mess that we had to fix or perhaps we merely encountered life circumstances that burdened us for a period of time. But regardless of the reason, we have all been through periods of life that were harder than other periods. Periods where we need to be renewed.
As God tells us in today’s verse and as we see in Lamentations, God loves us and he can renew us in any season of life. Lamentations 3 says “Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness??? (v. 22-23).
If you need to be restored, trust in the Lord and that he can renew you, restore you, and refresh you. And, as we read in verse 24 of Lamentations 3, I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."
You may feel like the locusts have eaten many of your years, but trust that the Lord can restore those years. He can bring you healing and peace and a fresh heart to face the future. Call on Him today and ask Him to restore the years that the swarming locust has eaten. Ask Him to refresh you. And trust that He is your portion and wait on Him today.
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