The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Our enemy is real. He tries to steal our health, kill our unborn babies, and destroy families.
But we, we are overcomers -
Through His precious blood - just one drop of His blood overcomes it all, and crushes the enemy.
Restoration and redemption has been stirring in me the past couple days.
I heard this lyric from some spontaneous worship -
What was lost is not lost forever. What was stolen from you, He restores completely.
And then I heard this lyric, from Will Reagan -
With the wind at our backs and in the strength of the Lord we will rise on the wings of the dawn
We're gonna take back all the enemy has stolen.
It's in the blood of the One who's worthy. I know God has not forgotten all that's lost and broken.
So come and see the turning of the tides, come and see his sons and daughters rise.
For how could He who did not spare His own Son not freely give us victory against the darkness
of nights.
We're going to take back all the enemy has stolen, we're going to plunder the pits of hell.
I've been filled with passion, fire, hunger, and clarity. And I look back on all those years of the lukewarm and wish that this passion and fire inside could've been this big years ago...why did it take me so long to clearly see? But then God gave me the vision to see that He is working it into the good to be a part of His redemptive plan in my life - that the years that the enemy stole, the things he tried to destroy and kill, are all restored completely to me, through the blood of the One who's worthy.
-That those years were used to build my foundation - even though it was head knowledge, I am softened enough for it to make the transfer from head knowledge to heart knowledge.
-That the times Satan has tried to steal my health, Jesus restores my body completely because He is the healer, because of His broken body for me at the cross.
-That the times I felt like I was walking in circles trying to figure out my calling and giftings and wondering if God forgot about my purpose - He has redeemed those moments by giving me clarity, understanding, and putting all of the fragments and glimpses together.
So, my dear friends, I say it again, and proclaim it over you -
What was lost is not lost forever. What was stolen from you, He restores completely!
Amen.
