Seek Restoration & Stop Regretting

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SEEK RESTORATION AND STOP REGRETTING!!



Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me
— Job 29:2
The psalmist said "...in thy presence is fulness of joy"Psalm 16:11. Experiencing God and His Divine Presence is Joy unspeakable and pleasure unimaginable! It is an access that nothing on earth can replace it. That's is why, the greatest thing that the devil seeks to STEAL, to KILL and to DESTROY is your access to the Divine Presence. When this access is lost and destroyed, that is when numbers of Christians can view the past with pleasure, but regard the present with dissatisfaction; they look back upon the days which they have passed in communing with the Lord as being the sweetest and the best they have ever known, but as to the present, it is clad in a sable garb of gloom and dreariness. Once they lived near to Jesus, but now they feel that they have wandered from him, and they say, “O that I were as in months past!” They complain that they have lost their evidences, or that they have not present peace of mind, or that they have no enjoyment in the means of grace, or that conscience is not so tender, or that they have not so much zeal for God’s glory.
The causes of this mournful state of things are manifold. It may arise through a comparative neglect of prayer, for a neglected closet is the beginning of all spiritual decline. Or it may be the result of idolatry. The heart has been occupied with something else, more than with God; the affections have been set on the things of earth, instead of the things of heaven. A jealous God will not be content with a divided heart; he must be loved first and best. He will withdraw the sunshine of His presence from a cold, wandering heart. Or the cause may be found in self-confidence and self-righteousness. Pride is busy in the heart, and self is exalted instead of lying low at the foot of the cross.
Beloved, if you are not now as you “were in months past,” do not rest satisfied with wishing for a return of former happiness, but go at once to seek your Master, and tell him your sad state, seek restoration and stop living in the regret of the past. Ask His grace and strength to help you to walk more closely with Him; humble yourself before Him, and He will lift you up, and give you yet again to enjoy the light of His countenance. Do not sit down to sigh and lament; while the beloved Physician lives there is hope, nay there is a certainty of recovery for the worst cases.
Remember the tenderness of the Saviour's heart, that even though you have pushed Him out of your heart consciously or unconsciously yet He says;
"Look! I have been standing at the door, and I am constantly knocking. If anyone hears me calling him and opens the door, I will come in and fellowship with him and he with me." Rev.3:20(Living Bible).
Jesus is much more interested for your restoration than your lamentations in isolation! Return, repent and be restored in Jesus Name!
Have a great and a wonderful day!
God bless us all.

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