Master Re-builder!
Verse for Today: Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Psalms 69:35 – God will save
Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess
it.
The
view of Judah and Jerusalem
from Babylon, Susa and Egypt was pretty hopeless and dull. Judah was a
heap of rubble and a burned down place. Jerusalem lost all its past
glory. Its temple
and walls were rubble. All hope was gone and there was total
exasperation. But
when all hope was gone, God spoke through His servants that He will
rebuild
Judah and Jerusalem and put it back to its old elegance and dignity.
Since the
odd was heavily against it, no one wanted to believe it. But what God
pronounced had to come true and in miraculous ways, God rebuilt Judah
and
Jerusalem and brought it back to its old glory. God moved the hearts of
rulers
and emperors and used His servants to facilitate the rebuilding process.
David
believed in the eternal promises of God that Judah would be rebuilt and
will
become inhabitable as a mark of His faithfulness. He was instrumental in
writing
this prophetic truth as part of the hymn he wrote in the Hymnbook of
God’s
people. We know for sure that the enemy worked throughout the past to
destroy
Judah. But the King of Kings and Lord of Lords will come back to this
earth to
salvage Judah and Jerusalem and will establish His millennial kingdom.
He will
cause the old hopeless Judah to be rebuilt. This prophecy is a great
assurance
to God’s people who go through shattering experiences of great turmoil
and
destruction in their lives. Our lives might look hopeless in the eyes of
the
beholders, but our Lord has already made plans to rebuild us. Today the
prophecy of the rebuilding of Judah is a great encouragement for us to
trust
God to rebuild our lives no matter how hopeless our lives are today. We
need to
hang in there and hold on to God’s promises and never allow our hearts
to lose
hope in the worst scenarios of our lives and situations.
Dear friend, are the prophets of
doom writing you off and dragging you into a life of hopelessness? Is your life
a heap of hopeless rubble that it looks impossible for anyone to rebuild you?
Is there not any word of comfort and encouragement from anyone in your dark
situations? But you should in no way lose hope because your God is in full
control of your future. He is your re-builder and will revitalize your sagging
and hopeless situation. He has a great plan for your life which He will not
give up because His plans for you are for your consolation His glory in this
world which has no other comfort of any sort. The world will only tear down and
not build up because it belongs to the greatest destroyer. But our Lord is the
Master Re-builder who has great and wonderful plans for your life. He will not
break a bruised reed or sniff out a smoldering wick. God the Father has
invested the life of His only begotten Son in you which makes you so precious
to Him. He will not forsake you nor forget you. He will not leave you alone in
the lonely pathways of this world but will keep you company all the time. Your
dearest ones might forget you and ignore you. During your hours of deep
depression like that of Elijah, your God will send His holy angel to revive you
and strengthen you with heavenly manna. Perhaps no one in this world will
understand you, but your Lord knows your heart. He will wipe your tears and
will rebuild and revitalize your life. He will make you a walking miracle in
this world to challenge any hopelessness that looms large around you.
Isaiah 44:26 – (I am the Lord)
who says of Jerusalem, ‘It shall be inhabited,’ of the towns of Judah, “They
shall be built,’ and of their ruins, “I will restore them.”
Thought for Today
God in His faithfulness will rebuild our shattered lives into fruitful gardens
and fountains for others to get refreshed and revived.
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