Message Preached by Evangelist Amanda Campbell on February 5, 2023
Zechariah 10: 1-6; Zechariah 10:12
The book of Zechariah’s purpose is to give hope to God’s people, by revealing God’s future deliverance through Jesus Christ. Restoration, is the act of returning something to its former condition or making new again. Restoring can also make things better than their current state. Our Heavenly Father’s restoring power is one of the greatest promises of scripture. Restoration only comes from God. Restoration is when God comes in, seeing the shape you are in and what you have been dealing with; and tells you to ‘come back home.’ If God allows you to remain out there in the world, you will only miss what He’s about to release. God, in this hour is saying He doesn’t want His people to miss the release.
Through the scripture and Zechariah, the Lord is saying ask for rain while the rain is falling. You need to make sure as you see the blessings are flowing in the House of the Lord, you ask for what you need right now. If you get the release of God’s power now, later is already taken care of. Pray for God to strengthen you and establish you, so you may believe the things He can do for you. There are four foundational truths you must know.
1. Restoration Can Happen In Your Body-Jeremiah 30:17
Health wise, you may not know what is going on in your physical body or maybe you do. Nonetheless, the Lord is restoring health to your physical body. You may have had aches and pain but God is restoring health because you need to have good success. So that you won’t get weak in this race. Health is being restored so you can be a witness that God is a healer. God will restore your health, as it brings honor to Him. God is able to heal you and restore your health.
2. Restoration Can Happen In Your Spirit- Psalm 51:12
Life struggles can rip the joy out of us and even the most positive person you’ll meet. God’s restoration doesn’t happen only to the physical but to the spiritual as well. David understood that when he was out of joy, he could go to the one who gives joy. The Hebrew word for restore in this particular scripture is defined as to return back. You need to get back to the joy that is in the Lord. Get back to the place where you first believed. Return to the place where your first love for Christ began. Get back and return to a place where you was desperate for God to do a new thing in you. Don’t get complacent in your spirit. For God will not strive with man always. Don’t get distracted chasing the wrong things. Seek God again and He will turn His heart towards you.
3. Restoration Can Happen In Your Circumstances & Surroundings–Job 42:10
Job in this scripture did not get the double until he went through the pain. We know that in the story of Job, the Bible tells us that he was a “just man.” Yet, God was the one who said ‘have you considered’ Job to go through these things; and not change his confession about God. God permitted a hard thing for Job to go through and he still did not denounce God. His friends, family, and his wife tested him. Too often you may have experience the same “testing” from those around you. God will allow you to go through some hard things. For your faithfulness, you will be tested. When you feel like you have lost it all, God promises to restore even more than what was stolen from you. Can you honor God in the hard things?
4. Restoration Will Be Visible On the Outside But It Happens On The Inside-2 Corinthians 5:17; Isaiah 61:7
Have you ever seen these home improvement shows, where they intend to fix the home in about six weeks. Only to tear it down to see the inside will need a lot more work than expected? There’s faulty things that need to be fixed and cleaned. In the same way, God desires to see deep changes in us. Beginning with the things that are not visible to others. When you pray for restoration, begin by asking God to reveal any unclean thing within you. Psalm 139: 23-24 is a great example of where to start by examining ourselves. Restoration will always take longer than expected. However, we can know that God is working on our behalf ALWAYS.
God is getting ready to strengthen you and your house. Any chains that is holding you must be broken. God will bring you to a place that you once was. He will have mercy on whom He pleases. His word tells us that He has been with us through labor pains. God is about to release those things you have been asking for. For after you have prayed and suffered for a while, He will establish you and give what you need.
There’s a release and you do not want to miss it!
