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Date: Aug 15, 2005


This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis (ts@godspeak.org)

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                  I Am The God Of Restoration

Child of Mine, I will restore those things that you have lost for My sake.
I have promised in My word that if anyone loses their home or loved ones 
or material possessions for My sake and the sake of the Gospel, I will 
restore it to them here this life, as well as giving them rich rewards in 
the life to come.**  

Have I not demonstrated My faithfulness in this area again and again?  Look 
at Joseph, the favorite son who lost all when his own brothers sold him into 
slavery.  Yes, he went through hardship and trial. But in the end, did I not 
raise him up to a high posistion and give him riches and honor and prestige?  
Did I not give him a house and a wife and children of his own, as well as an 
inheritance in the twelve tribes of Israel?  Did I not restore to him his 
very father and brothers whom he loved, even relocating his family to live 
near him in Egypt during the time of famine?

Look to Daniel, the nobleman's son who was carried into captivity, ripped 
away from family and friend and possessions.  Did I not take care of him and 
cause him to prosper and give him a home?  Did I not keep him secure through 
the reigns of multiple kings, demonstrating that his favor did not come from 
the throne of man but from the very Throne of God?  Did I not shower him with 
riches and place him in a position of prestige and authority, and even shut 
the mouth of hungry lions for his sake?

Look at Job, My faithful servant, who suffered through no fault or wrong
doing of his own.  He walked blameless before Me in purity of heart and in 
holiness of deed.  Yet the devil attacked him, causing him to lose his 
children and livestock and riches in the blink of an eye.  Even his own 
health failed him as painful sickness came opon his physical body.  But I 
did not abandon him in his dispair, just as I will never abandon you.  In 
the end, did I not restore to Job a family of beautiful children and twice 
as many of the material possessions as he previously had?

Child, I am the God who does not change and you can trust in Me.  Just as
I took care of My servants in My word, so I will take care of My servants 
who trust in Me today.  I am the God of all provision and I am not limited 
to natural resources.  My supply and My bounty are without limits, for I own 
the cattle on a thousand hills and all power and all riches are Mine.  I am 
able to provide your needs, child of Mine.  Yes, it is true that from time
to time I allow My own to go through difficulty or lack or discomfort.  But 
in the end, shall I not take care of you and restore you just as I did for 
My servants Joseph and Daniel and Job?

Child, I am the God of restoration.  I can and I will restore to you all 
that which was lost.  But I have not promised that I will do this instantly, 
so do not grow faint-hearted or discouraged if you walk thrOugh some 
difficulty or hardship or trials before you see My glory come into your 
situation.  I am also the God who develops character in the hearts and 
lives of My own dear children, and from time to time I use hardship or 
difficultly or loss in that process.  If I do this in your life, My goal 
is not to harm you or to punish you, but to mature you and cause My grace 
to flow out of you.  My intent is not to take good things away from you, 
but to make you stronger in faith, that I might give even better things 
to you.

I will not abandon you, even in the midst of difficulty and hardship.  I 
have placed My Spirit within you, as a seal and a guarantee that you are 
not alone.  I give you My peace and My joy in the midst of your affliction 
and hardship -- a peace that is independent of the difficult circumstances 
that surround you, a joy that will strengthen and substain you no matter 
what situation you find yourself in.  Child, do not become angry at Me when 
I allow you to face difficulties; do not refuse the peace and grace and joy 
that I offer you in the midst of hardship.  I will give these things to you 
freely if only you will receive it from My hand, so that hardship does not
overwhelm you. I also desire to give you a confidence and a hope in Me,
a steadfast assurance that I am the God of restoration and I will restore
the good things in your life.

Child, when the time is come, both here in this life and in the life to 
come, I will surround you with good things.  I will restore that which you 
have lost and I will cause My glory to come into your sitation.  I am
faithful, child of Mine, so trust in Me.  I am the God of restoration.



**Scripture reference:  Mark 10:29-30a, Matthew 19:29