Text: John 10:10 NKJV
Further Reading: 1 Samuel 30:1-31
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
John 10:10 NKJV
MESSAGE
The ministry of the devil is clear, it is to steal kill, and destroy. Maybe the enemy has stolen something from you or you have lost something tangible, God has promised that you will recover all. No matter how much the enemy has stolen from you, God is going to bring you total recovery.
The first promise is that Jesus has come to give you life and abundant life. Even if the enemy has stolen anything, He will bring it back. Every wasted year and opportunity also will be restored. He said, “So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you. Joel 2:25 NKJV
In case the enemy has robbed you of your health, the Lord has promised to even restore your health. God said, I will restore health to you And heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord, ‘Because they called you an outcast saying: “This is Zion; No one seeks her.” ’ Jeremiah 30:17 NKJV. That sickness will not end your life, God will bring you into full restoration.
Have you lost spiritual strength and stamina and it seems as if you will never rise again? You can claim the promises of God from Isaiah 40:29-31, that even though young people fail and tired, but as you wait upon the Lord in prayer and watchfulness, God will renew your strength. He will rebuild every loss of spiritual stamina and grant you strength to conquer the foes.
In our reading of the day, when the devil took away the family of David and his men’s family, God in His faithfulness caused a miraculous recovery to take place and you are not an exception. Whatever the enemy has stolen and taken from you shall be recovered today in Jesus’ name.
The greatest restoration however is that of your relationship with Jesus. You can hear David cry in Psalms 51:12: Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. If you are not born again, you continue to be a victim of satan’s robbery. You can take cover in Jesus today.
When you become a child of God, you will not only recover what the enemy has taken from you, you will be recovering those things he has taken from other lives too. Jesus said that you will lay hands on the sick and they shall recover (Mark 16:18). These promises are sure and great miracles will be yours if you believe.
REFLECTION
So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?” And He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all.”
1 Samuel 30:8 NKJV
No matter far your enemy has gone, you must recover everything. There shall be no more failure in your life from today in Jesus’ name.
PRAYER
Father, please restore everything that satan has stolen from life from today in Jesus’ name. Amen.
