Joel 2:25 KJV "And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm..."
God resolves the "if only" and "what if" of our lives! "If only" I did not take that job, "if only" I shopped around before I bought this new car, "if only" I took better care of my health while I was young.
"What if" I surrendered my heart to God as a child? "What if" I listened to my parents when they told me not to drop out of school?
"If onlies and What ifs" are the locust and caterpillars of our minds that eat gapping holes in our lives and hearts. If you play the scenarios over and over in your mind, you will be consumed and eaten alive with depression and regrets. But thanks be to God, through His unconditional love, He resolves and restores ALL the "if onlies and what ifs" of our lives!
The great promise of restoration found in Joel 2:25 is built upon the instructions of Joel 2:12- 13. Before one can obtain full restoration, we must repent and turn back to God. Repentance ALWAYS comes before the gift of Restoration. Joel 2:12-13 NLT "That is why the Lord says, Turn to me now, while there is time! Give me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping and mourning. Don't tear your clothing in your grief; instead, tear your hearts." Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful. He is not easily angered. He is filled with kindness and is eager NOT to punish you.
God is more eager to restore all that we have lost throughout the years from sin and disobedience than even we are desparately longing to receive restoration into our lives. Repent from deep within your heart, while there is time. It is NEVR too late to be restored and recieve the gift of restoration through Christ!
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