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DAY 2. RESTORE IT ALL

“For if you are living in accord with the flesh, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” —Romans 8:13 (NASB)

Letting God step in and restore our lives often means placing on the altar of His presence our character, habits, dreams, relationships, work, the things we love and consider good. It means dying to ourselves and surrendering EVERYTHING before God.

“Everything” might sound like too much—maybe even painful—or it might stir up fear. But it is worth giving it all to the One who is fully worthy of our trust. Don’t miss out on what the Lord can do with a life that is completely surrendered to Him.

David once said, “I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing.” —2 Samuel 24:24 (NASB)

Abraham loved his son deeply. He had longed for him—he was the promise God had given. And yet, out of love and obedience to God, Abraham was willing to place him on the altar as a sacrifice. He understood that it was worth giving EVERYTHING to a God who is able to raise the dead and restore what’s been broken.

Jesus our Lord, would never ask us to do something He Himself wasn’t willing to do. He, too, went through death—but He rose from the dead.

To begin something new, we must die to the old. No one puts new wine into old wineskins, because the wineskins will burst, the wine will spill, and both will be lost. Instead, new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved. —Matthew 9:17 (NASB)

My prayer today is that the Spirit of God would show us what we need to surrender, so that His restoring work can transform us, and we may witness the glory that is to come, greater than all we’ve left behind.