God is saying to you:
"Whatever
has been stolen from you, I'm going to restore to you double this year! Just
don't limit how I'm going to do it, and in what way I'm going to do it. All
things are going to be turned to good for you. This is the promise of My
abundant grace for you. Look to Me therefore. Let go of all those mistakes
or losses you've had, for this is also a year of restoration and renewal for
you."
This is a time of
restoration, healing and renewal for you. Present before the Lord any area of
your life that you've had losses, be it in your health, in your finance, in any
opportunity that you have lost, in any area of your life that you've been shortchanged
or taken advantage of, or in any other situation in your life.
In Zechariah 9:11-12 (NKJV), the Lord says, 'As for you
also, because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free
from the waterless pit. Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope. Even
today I declare that I will restore double to you.'
The word 'restore'
here is 'shub' in Hebrew. It has a wide meaning. It can mean 'rebuild, recover,
repay, recompense, refresh, reset, pay back, put back again, put in order
again'.
Maybe you have lost an opportunity. Maybe you have been shortchanged. Maybe you have been taken advantage of. Or maybe you have lost certain amount of money. Look to the Lord, because He is recovering what you have lost. He will repay for you. He will recompense for you. Just don't limit how He's going to do it. Yes, declare in the spiritual realm, "It's payback time!" Declare to the devil, "It's payback time!"
Let's look at
another version for these verses. Zechariah 9:11-12 (NLT) puts
it this way: 'Because of the covenant I made with you, sealed with blood, I
will free your prisoners from death in a waterless dungeon. Come back to the
place of safety, all you prisoners who still have hope! I promise this very day
that I will repay two blessings for each of your troubles.'
Even though these
verses are specifically for the restoration of Jerusalem and for the nation of
Israel, but in your context, as an individual, as a beloved of God, this can
apply in your life too. As you remember your covenant with the Lord your God,
and remember what Jesus has done for you on the cross (His body was broken and
His blood was shed for you), know that He is setting you free from your
"waterless pit" this year! No more shall you be like a
"prisoner" trapped in the enemy's dungeon!
That's what the Lord
has spoken through the prophet Zechariah here.
Declare by faith
that you can now return to your safety! You have hope (no matter how hopeless
other people say you are)! You are set free from whatever that the enemy has
trapped you! The Lord will know how to bring you to safety - to the place of
your restoration, your healing, and your renewal. Amen!
God is saying to you further:
"Therefore,
do not take matters into your own hands. But put your trust in Me. Let Me be
the One who take over your situation and turn things around for you. Let Me
breathe upon you a fresh new hope this year. Better news and pleasant surprises
are coming your way. Rejoice and be glad therefore, and look to Me for the many
good that I have in store for you."
In spite of whatever
chaos or confusion that you see around you in the world, there's a lot of hope
for you. Hope for renewal in your life. Hope for healing in your life. Hope for
a reset in your life. Hope for restoration of what you have lost in your life.
Amen!
For some of you,
your health has been challenged recently. Receive the anointing for healing. Be
healed and stay healed! For some others, your finance may have been challenged
recently. Receive the anointing to prosper you. Amen!
For those who are in
debt, the grace for you to be set free from your debt is very rich upon you.
Receive the wisdom from God. Receive the revelation from God on how you are
going to go about walking free from your debt. Yes, walking in your financial
freedom!
Another example of
'double blessing' can be seen in Joseph in the Book of
Genesis. After a time of slavery and imprisonment in Egypt, Joseph saw
how the Lord restored him. Joseph felt he had been doubly blessed, especially
when he saw that two sons were born to him. That's why he named his sons Manasseh,
meaning 'causing to forget (all those past afflictions)', and Ephraim, meaning
'fruitful'.
Yet another example
of God 'restoring double' can be seen in Job's life. After Satan
'stole' from Job and caused much havoc to Job, when Job turned to God and
acknowledged who God is, God set him free from all
those attack of Satan. God comforted him. God restored to him double.
God honored him for whatever shame that he had suffered.
Beloved, God is
saying the same to you today. Take heart. Receive all that He has spoken to you
today. You are going to have a breakthrough year this year! Yes, I want to declare it one more time: "You are going to have a breakthrough year this year!"
Amen!
