I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust have eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, my great army which I sent among you - Joel 2:25.
After getting saved I remained fully devoted to my Faith for the first two years then straddled the fence for the next nine following years to the extent that my brothers and sisters in the Lord would say I've backslidden. I agreed and in the year following that nine years of wandering I restored my fellowship to the Lord.
After returning to the Lord, I quickly found out that God never moved away from me during what I call that "dark" period of my life ( the nine years straddling the fence). God's word is true and the scripture which says, "When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when he comes he finds it swept and put in order. Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first." -Luke 11:24-26.
I was robbed of my innocence and my life by this unclean spirit and his seven friends more wicked than himself during the "dark" nine years of my lifetime. But God in His great mercy and grace, has taken me back, cleansed me once more, has restored me to a position in Him just like "the prodigal son" (Luke 15:11-32) and He has never stopped restoring the years the swarming locust, the crawling locust and the consuming locust had eaten.
God will do the same for anyone who believes he/she can never return to God because of where his/her life is right now and where he/she has been. Or God would never accept him/her after all that he/she has done. God says anyone who comes to Him, He will not turn away. Come to Him just as you are and he will hug you, love you, clean you up and restore you. He says He's married to you (Jer. 3:14) and will not give up on you because you're His.
Prayer: Lord help us to pray for our brothers and sisters who've wondered away from you and help people to through some experience, return to you and realize all the blessings they're losing by staying away. We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.
Encouragement: If you knew the blessing that salvation brings, you would never, ever stay away.
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