Jeremiah 30:17 “For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal,” declares the Lord, “because they have called you an outcast: ‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’”
DAILY READING; • 2 Peter 2; Jeremiah 43; Psalm 140
Alcohol Anonymous (AA) is a worldwide organization that has helped millions of people overcome alcoholism.
Its history began with Bill Wilson who was greatly addicted to alcohol. He failed to graduate from law school because he was too drunk to pick up his diploma. He ruined a promising Wall Street career because of his constant drunkenness.
Wilson was committed to the Hospital for Drug and Alcohol Addictions in New York City four times. However, during his 4th stay there in November 1934, Wilson was visited by an old drinking companion named, Ebby Thatcher.
Wilson was astounded when his old friend told him he had beaten his drinking habit through the help of Christ.
After Thatcher left, Wilson on his hospital bed, cried out to God for help. This led to a divine encounter that instantly ended his taste for alcohol. He never drank again for the remainder of his life.
However, weeks after his divine experience, while on a business trip, Wilson felt the urge to drink again. In an effort to stay sober, he sought another alcoholic to help. Wilson was introduced to Dr. Bob Smith whom he eventually helped to also overcome his drinking problem.
Later the two men founded Alcohol Anonymous on June 10, 1935.
Through starting this international organization a new chapter opened in Bill Wilson’s life that restored his respect and relevance in the society. Indeed his encounter with God had brought to an end his shameful past of being a drunkard, he was totally healed and his wasted years were restored.
Jeremiah 30:17 says “For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal,” declares the Lord, “because they have called you an outcast: ‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’”
Everyone has a past. Some portions of that past we may not be so proud of. Some of that past was spent in wasted years that seems irrecoverable today.
However in Joel 2:25, God promises to restore lost years back to us when we align to His Word.
In this chapter, through disobedience, God’s people had suffered the complete destruction of their entire harvest through swarms of locusts.
But as the nation turned in repentance to God, He promised to make up for the lost years with overflow harvest.
In Joel 2:18-19, God said, “Behold I am sending to you grain, wine and oil, and you will be satisfied.’
Truly, despite our past mistakes and failures, when we turn to God, He can bring a divinely accelerated overflow that will restore lost years back to us. Such is the power of His grace and mercy. He is indeed the God of the second chance.
Even when it feels as though you have missed the opportunity to fulfill His purpose or to step into your prophetic season, it is never too late for God. Through Divine acceleration, He can still bring His purpose and plan to come to pass in your life.
The hand of God is what engenders divine speed.
We saw in I Kings 18:46, how Elisha outran horses and chariots because of God’s hand that came upon him.
Likewise, when God’s hand comes upon a man’s life, that life begins to gather speed.
When God takes over, you find yourself caught up in a divine move that shifts your circumstances, removes obstacles and commands progress.
An encounter with God through His Word, triggers divine acceleration because the entrance of His Word gives the light and revelation that enables us see clearer and move faster.
Jeremiah 1:11-12 says ‘Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.’
When you see the Word well, God is committed to hasten it to come to pass. The better you see, the quicker it delivers. Until you see it, you can’t seize it.
The truth is that you cannot have revelation and lose relevance. It doesn’t matter the things you may have lost, it doesn’t matter the times of your life that may have been wasted, through an encounter with God you can enjoy recovery of lost ground.
Certainly, a fresh encounter with God’s Word today, will ignite an unstoppable momentum in our lives, that will bring a definite recovery and restoration in our health, finances, family and in every of our endeavors.
PRAYER: Lord, I believe You today for a fresh encounter with Your Word that will bring full restoration, divine speed and acceleration in my life. Thank You Lord for indeed causing me to excel in all my endeavors throughout this year in Jesus Name.
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When God is on your side anything is possible. WORDBITE 222.