(Isa 1:26): Only God has the ability to
return you to your former position; to
fulfill His original intended design that you have marred!
You cannot revert to the embryonic state
and try to get things right this time; but you can be "reborn" from
above (Joh 3:1-5) so that you are a new creature; old things pass away and all
becomes new (2Co_5:17).
The entire book of Joel is dedicated to
restoration. He pictures the desolation of a locust plague and the restoration
that follows. In the same way God restores His people and pours His Spirit upon
all flesh (Joel 2:28-30).
The purpose of the book of Judges is to
show what gems God can get from the wasted life of man. From the period of
judges when every man did what was right in his own eyes God brought forth Ruth
and Hannah. From these two dedicated women came Samuel and David. God can take
the very worst and make the best out of it. He turns curses into blessings.
The potter does not cast out the botched
clay; he simply makes it into a different vessel. He does not give up easy when
He has a design in mind that is marred for lack of cooperation on the part of
the clay. So if your cooperation is faulty He has ways of putting pressure and
He knows where to put pressure, how to put pressure, how much pressure to put
and when to let up on pressure!
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