Restored Years

Post date: Jan 6, 2011 1:47:11 PM

“And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.” (Joel 2:25).

When a person has wasted a portion of his life away from God or in a back-slidden condition, he is apt to view all as lost when God shows him his condition.

Satan tells him that all is lost, that since he has wasted so much of his life he may as well waste the rest of it. “What good” the Devil asks, “will a few years serving God do, seeing you have wasted such a great portion of your life?” The awakened sinner is tempted to give it all up in despair.

But, wait! See the glorious promise of God to Israel! “I will restore to you the years.” Blessed promise this is. It is also good to the one who has been brought to repentance by the Holy Spirit. Paul wasn’t converted to Christ till he was a mature man. The strength of his youth had been spent in opposition to the true spiritual realities. But look at Paul after his conversion as he walked with God. He accomplished much in the power of the Spirit. The years were “restored.” Take courage and serve God with all your might for the rest of your days.