When these words were first spoken, the prophet and his people were focused on God’s restoration of Israel back to their place in Judea, their prominence in the world of nations, their beauty in daily life, and their worship and security in the Temple of the Lord. From our vantage point, this prayer can be our prayer as well. Restoration can mean Christ’s return, which brings us home to God. On that day, every barrier standing between God and us will fall. Our mortality will be swallowed up in victory. We will see God face to face and walk with him in the cool of the day as his perfect children. “Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may return; renew our days as of old.” —Lamentations 5:21
March 31
March 31, 2025
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory
