Getting It All Back!

 Happy Sunday!

"And I will restore or replace for you the YEARS that the locust has eaten—the hopping locust, the stripping locust, and the crawling locust, My great army which I sent among you.  And you shall eat in plenty and be satisfied and praise the name of the Lord, your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you. And My people shall never be put to shame."(Joel 2:25-26 Amplified).

I love the WORD!  But that's no secret to you!  I really enjoy these scriptures in the KJV.  It made me look up the various insects that are mentioned.  The Cankerworm, the Caterpillar, and the Palmerworm are insects who one after another would fully decimate a garden, and crops.  Most of us are so far removed from agriculture.  But before produce reaches the Piggly Wiggly it has to be planted, nourished, watered, protected from too much sun and bad weather, and protected from pests.  So God used these agricultural terms that the people were familiar with to describe what they had experienced in life.

In John 10:10, Jesus says, "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."(KJV).  Don't miss this!  Three attacks from the enemy, and three insects devouring the harvest.  Can't you just see it in life?  Time eaten up by illness, time wasted on strife and unforgiveness, and time spoiled by poverty!  BUT Fear Not!  No matter what has been stolen from you it can ALL be restored! How much is a year worth?  Can you do the Math?  We may not be able to quantify it, BUT God can!  Matthew 10:30 says, "But the very hairs of your head are all numbered."(KJV).  Numbered, not counted!  He knows exactly what is happening with hair #101,230 at this very moment!

In 2 Kings 8:4-6 we are given an example of Restoration of Years!  "And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.  And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life. And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, RESTORE all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now."(KJV).  The Living Bible for verse 6 says, "everything she had owned was RESTORED to her, plus the VALUE of any crops that had been harvested during her absence."  Now, that's GOOD NEWS!

Love and prayers, Cynthia