This devotion from John Eldridge’s book Restoration Year, is so encouraging to me. It reminds me of the future that awaits us as believers. Nothing is truly lost…
“Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.” MATTHEW 6:33 NLT
Dear friend, you have suffered so many losses already; you hate to admit it, but more will come. But with the hope of the renewal of all things, you can truthfully say to yourself, Nothing is truly lost.
Friend, it’s as simple as this: if you do not give your heart over to the renewal of all things, you will take your kingdom heart to something in this world. You’ll do compulsive things, like collecting way too many shoes. You’ll be tempted into far darker things. It’s inevitable.
But if you choose the kingdom, if you deliberately give your heart to the renewal of all things, you’ll notice the effects im-mediately. Pressure will be lifted off your current hopes; when things don’t go well, you’ll find yourself less angry, less dejected.
As your heart and soul become anchored in the Renewal, you’ll find yourself freer to risk. You can love people, because God will do everything in his power to make sure you will not lose them; the good-byes of his children are only momentary. You can love beautiful places and cultures and things like wilderness because even though it looks like they may be vanishing, they will be restored. For nothing is lost. He renews all things.
Because you do have the hope of the renewal of all things, for what loss do you need to tell yourself, This is going to come back to me?
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