The Father’s Business – Restoration
He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake. (Psalm 23:3 – NASB)
The Father and the Son are in the business of restoring in us what damage sin and Satan has worked upon us.
“A few years ago, an angry man rushed through the Rijks Museum in Amsterdam until he reached Rembrandt’s famous painting ‘Nightwatch.’ Then he took out a knife and slashed it repeatedly before he could be stopped. A short time later, a distraught, hostile man slipped into St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome with a hammer and began to smash Michelangelo’s beautiful sculpture The Pieta. Two cherished works of art were severely damaged. But what did officials do? Throw them out and forget about them? Absolutely not! Using the best experts, who worked with the utmost care and precision, they made every effort to restore the treasures. (From SermonIllustrations.com)
No matter how slashed, and smashed and damaged you may feel you can be restored. God the Father is in the restoration business, and His Chief Restorer is Jesus Christ, working in the power of the Holy Spirit. Satan is the Destroyer; Jesus is the Restorer.
Soul Restoration
(© Thursday 11th December 2014 – by Christopher Shennan)
He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake. (Psalm 23:3 – NASB)
The journey was long and the pilgrim walked
Over paths that were both rugged and steep;
His spirit was weary and danger stalked –
Trials appeared that oft caused him to weep.
His face was set to follow the true course
Of righteousness and of a godly sort;
He’d chosen his path for better or worse,
And thought of the battles he often had fought.
Though weary of soul his spirit will rise
As the restoring breath of God he breathes.
Though his strengths diminish and almost dies,
His weariness of soul just bows – and leaves.
No matter how far you are from your goal,
You can trust in Jesus to restore your soul.
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