Psalm 53
I don’t know what you may have lost in this life. What I do know is that you’ve lost something. We all have.
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In this life, you will have troubles. (John 16:33)
That is a fact and Jesus doesn’t sugarcoat it. But – his words immediately before that fact – are “in me you may have peace.”
Peace in the midst of trouble. Yes, please.
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God also promises restoration. In this psalm, the psalmist declared that God will restore the fortunes of his people. In Joel 2:25, God says, “I will restore to you the years the locust has taken.”
What have you lost?
God restores.
I think of things I have lost in this life and the ache of it all can be overwhelming. I know you understand.
And I, in my limited human mind, can not understand what restoration will look like. How such loss can be made right. How I can be given back was the world has taken. How the years of pain can ever be redeemed.
But I know my God is faithful. And good. And trustworthy. So, if he says restoration is coming, I will prepare myself and wait with expectation to receive it.
