LORD, MAKE ME A RESTORER

Those from among you shall BUILD the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called, The REPAIRER of the Breach, The RESTORER of Streets to dwell in – Isaiah 58: 12

We have spent the month of May on the theme of Prophetic Restoration. The Lord is the Great Restorer of your soul, sight, breath, and strength; of your health, wealth, times, and seasons; of your vision, voice, potentials, and gifts; and of your hope, dignity, portions, and position. He turns your pains to gains, your waste to wealth, and your obstacles to opportunities. Your heavenly Father is committed to your redemption, restoration, renewal, revival, and rejuvenation. His Hand of Restoration is stretched out to touch your body, mind, mentality, marriage, relationships, career, finances, and ministry.

It is important to note however, that God is the Comforter of comforters and the Restorer of restorers: He “comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God” (2Cor.1:4). God comforts Zion and all her waste places, so that Zion may become the comforter of nations (Isa.51:3). Restoration finds maximized meaning and productive purpose in your life when it transforms you into a Builder of old waste places, a Constructor of the foundations of many generations, the Repairer of the breach, and the Restorer of Streets to dwell in (Isa.58:12). God restored you to become a Restorer of destinies and generations.

The Lord used Joseph to preserve the posterity of Israel in a strange land. He used Esther to secure the destinies of her people from racial genocide. He used Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem from ruins. He used Ezra to rebuild the temple, restore order, and revive true worship among the remnant Jewish exiles. The same God is raising worthy vessels whom He will use to rebuild broken lives and ruined destinies; to reverse long-standing desolations in careers, homes and marriages; and to repair the waste cities of businesses, communities, neighbourhoods, missions, and nations (Isa.61:4).

The Eternal designer of Destinies is training, and maturing saints who, through the experience of having been forsaken and left desolate, will ultimately emerge as “an eternal excellence, a joy of many generations” (Isa.60:15). As you choose to awake, arise, and shine under His Beam of Glory, nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising (v.1-3). He will command the resources of nations into your bosom, to glorify the house of His glory (v.5-7, 11). You will be a Beautifier of His sanctuary (v13). Jehovah will give you gold for bronze, silver for iron, bronze for wood, and iron for stones.

As you serve Him faithfully, God will enrich your assets, enhance your gifts, sharpen your skills, and maximize your resources for His Glory (v.17). He’ll secure your domain from violence and wastage, and your borders from destruction, so that “you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gate Praise” (v.18). That’s the Word for June: Prevailing Praise!