The Restorer

I want to talk about the Lord, who created the world as we know it in six literal days then rested on the seventh at least this is what I believe is the truth, and His love for mankind.  Did the Lord need us?  No, He is complete in Himself!!  Maybe the reason why the Lord created mankind was to demonstrate His love, compassion and mercy.  Seeing that He knows all things, He knew what would happen if He created mankind, but He was still willing, even though He knew His heart might be wrenched and maybe even broken because of our rebelliousness and all of our other sins that would be committed against Him.  He not only created us but He created us in His image and likeness and not only that but He gave us a free will to make our own choices!!

Think of this, the Lord didn’t need to give us any choice at all, He could have made us make the right choice, He also could have made us love Him and keep His commandments whether we wanted to or not, but that wouldn’t be true love on our part.  The only way we can know if we truly love Him is if we repent of our sins by turning from them and turning to the Lord, confessing sins and asking forgiveness, by spending time in His Word, spending time in prayer and spending time praising Him and witnessing to the lost, snatching those who are spiritually dead from the grip of Satan.  With the Lord’s guidance we can bring them into the light of the truth and ask the Lord to set them free, knowing we can do nothing without His help.  We not only will do this and more but we will also have a desire to do them.

God knows all things so He knows who truly loves Him and He knows those that are just going through the motions.  Do you love the Lord and do you believe that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him?  If you do that is a good thing.  But let me ask you a question, are you diligently seeking Him or do you seek after everything else and just try to fit the Lord into your schedule when it is convenient?  How much time do you spend with the Lord and how much time do you spend with other things such as TV or sports or your favorite hobbies or whatever else that you are involved with?  It seems so easy for us to get drawn into other activities and neglect the one that we have dedicated ourselves to and that is the Lord, then we can become lukewarm like the church in Laodicea.

Read Revelations 3:14-17, “And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God: ‘I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.”            

We may be like the Church of Ephesus who had forsaken their first love.  Read Revelations 2:1-5. “Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.”

It just might be that some of us need to repent over our complacency and to turn from our idols and turn to God and start doing the things we used to do when our walk was fresh with the Lord.  

If this has happened to any of us we have two choices, one that the Lord provided in Revelations 3:20 please read, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”

Or we can make the choice not to repent and be separated from the Lord until we choose to repent!!  The Lord’s choice is for us to repent if we are in this situation and receive the mercy and grace and love and forgiveness He has for us.  His purpose is to always restore us to a close relationship with Him, praise the Lord!!  The Lord is always in the business of restoration, so if this is you I pray that you will make the right choice.  My prayer is that this has been an encouragement and a help.  May the good Lord bless you and yours and may you have a super day and don’t forget to thank and praise the Lord for He is worthy!!