Friday 31 March 2023

He Will Restore Your Dreams

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“Never give up, only look up and continue to acknowledge the Lord in all your ways, trusting him to bring you back to your Zion and restore your fortunes like streams in the desert.”

Psalm 126:4
Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like streams in the Negeb!

God’s people were distraught when Jerusalem fell in 597 BC and they were exiled to Babylon. Their hopes and dreams were dashed. Dads had great ambition for their sons and moms dreamt of the day their daughters would raise their own children in a free and bonnie land. Leaders dreamt of growing their communities. Farmers imagined flourishing crops to feed the children while rabbis had visions of teaching their people the ways of Yehovah. But now, their dreams and ambitions were shattered. By the waters of Babylon, they sat down and wept when they remembered Zion. Yet, the prophet Jeremiah had prophesied the word of the Lord, “I will visit you, and I will fulfil to you my promise and bring you back to this place.”

The people of God had hope. Adonai had promised to restore their dreams. Out of the ashes of despair and seeming abandonment, their dreams would rise. God promised to return them to the land flowing with milk and honey. That promise was all they had to hold onto while they were in captivity. Seventy years later the Jews returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple of the Lord.

Hold on to your dreams. Never doubt the purposes of your God. His word endures forever. You may feel like you’re in exile today – dreams dashed, ambition washed over – but don’t let go of God’s word to fulfil his promise to you, to bring you back to the place of prosperity. Out of the ashes, your dreams will rise. Just keep your eyes on Jesus and your nose in God’s word. Never give up, only look up and continue to acknowledge the Lord in all your ways. Trust God to bring you back to your Zion and restore your fortunes like streams in the desert.

God-tracking is trusting God to fulfil your dreams.

IT’S ALL IN THE BIBLE. READ ALL ABOUT IT.
Get into the word of God and get the word of God into you!
Psalm 137:1-6
Jeremiah 29:10-13
Psalm 126
1 Peter 1:25
2 Corinthians 1:20

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SO, DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

“I repent of my attitude of despair and choose to believe that you will restore my fortunes.”

“Dear Lord, I feel like I’m in Babylonian captivity. So much has gone wrong in my life over the past few months and years. My dreams are dashed and I’m losing the will to live. Yet, I know you are always true to your word and your word reminds me that all your promises are yes and amen in Jesus. So, I repent of my attitude of despair and choose to believe that you will restore my fortunes. I set my hope in you. I acknowledge you, O Lord, in all my ways and set my gaze on Jesus, the author of my life. Amen.”

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