He restoreth my soul
Psalm 23:3a
The word "restore" implies several things.
1. Something is broken.
2. Something is being mended.
In the Bible, "restore" means one more thing:
· Someone has the power to mend, to heal, to make all things new.
When the weight of King David's greatest sin finally came crashing down upon him, he suddenly knew that only one "someone" had the power to mend, heal, and make new.
In Psalm 51, David cried, "Create in me a clean heart, O God. ... Put a new and right spirit within me. ... Restore to me the joy of your salvation."
If you want to be restored, it's a three step process:
1. You must realize that something is broken. This is awareness. And we are never correctly and accurately aware of brokenness until we comprehend that it is sin that ultimately breaks everything and that we all sin and fall short of God’s glorious standard.
2. Something needs to be mended. This is humbleness. The human condition makes us want to blame others for what is broken. Humbleness – the beginning of healing – occurs when begin to realize your part in the brokenness.
3. Someone has the power to mend, to heal, to make all things new. This is 1) faith … and 2) confession. Faith is trust – it is trusting that God, will, and does heal. And confession is us intentionally removing whatever separates us from God. Faithful, honest confession is returning to the only one who has the power to heal. It is saying, "Create in me a clean heart, O God. ... Put a new and right spirit within me. ... Restore to me the joy of your salvation."
In Christ's Love,
a guy who always
needs mending
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