Restore2Revive

Author: Gillian Stewart

  • Light in the darkness

    Light in the darkness

    His breath filled all things with a living, breathing light

    – a light that thrives in the depths of darkness

    His light will always shine and never fade away

    A light that is always brighter than the darkness that surrounds us or tries to overwhelms us

    His light shines!

    His light shines in us.!

    His light shines through us. A light so powerful – it causes the darkness to flee!

    His light is always more powerful than the darkness.

    Jesus Christ is the light of the world and darkness and death have not overcome Him

    We have nothing to fear even though we may see it. We are to fear no evil, even though we may sense it.

    For He has already overcome it all.

    His light shall always shine brighter than the darkness. It has never stopped shining. It has never grown dim or faded away. It burns like a fire. It lights up the sky by day and the moon and stars by night.

    The whole cosmos is alive with the light of His presence.

    His light shall always invade the darkness. His light shall always push back the darkness. It’s always present in the now moments.

    The light of Christ shall always be made know to the world. For one day every eye shall see, every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess that – Jesus Christ is Lord.

    He is the light of the world.

    Through the pain, through the sorrow, through the grief, through the loss.

    His light will always pave a way through the storm, through the darkest of days. His light will alway make a way when there seems to be no other way. His light will always reveal Christ to us and Christ within us.

    Even though the darkness may seem to overwhelm us. His word will be a lamp unto our feet.

    Let His light shall shine in the darkness. Do not try to hide it. People need to see the light of Christ.

    Let His words comfort you. Let His love embrace you. Let His light lead you. Let hope restore you – the hope that is already within you.

    For His hope will always be there even when we feel hopeless. His hope will always sustain us even when pain or grief overwhelms us. His hope has never left us. His hope has always been with us. His hope shall sustain us.

    Let your Light shine in the darkness. Let your light lead us through the pathway we’ve never been before.

    Burn Like a fire within us.

    Let hope be restored.

    For this light and hope has always been with us.

  • My times in your hand

    My times in your hand

    “My times are in your hand” Psalm 31

    Our God has got the whole world in His hands.

    Through these days of shaking, disillusionment and chaos around the globe, many of us in our generation of western society have been confronted with a fear and anxiety like never before. Even the fear of death has thrown us all into a place were we find ourselves asking some profoundly deep personal questions about life;

    In whose hands are our times?

    I’ve never experienced anything like this in my life time. A virus that has created a storm, overwhelmed and shaken us. Perhaps it’s even challenging our faith in God and confronting us with another question;

    What do I really believe?

    For He’s got the whole world in His hands and what really counts now is to know that He’s got my times in His hands;

    My times of well being

    My times of wondering

    My times of questioning

    My times of searching

    My times of waiting

    My times of obedience

    My times of joy

    My times of love

    My times of pain

    My times of grief

    My times of sorrow

    My times of lament

    My times of hope

    My times of vulnerability

    My times isolation

    My times on loneliness

    My times of comfort

    My times of fear

    My times of anxiety

    My times of despair

    My times of chaos

    My times of healing

    My times of failure

    My time of dying, in the palm of Your hand.

    It’s all in Gods hand. Comfort to my soul. My life held in the palm of His hand. So tenderly, so carefully, so attentively.

    Every moment of time.

    Every moment of each day.

    Every breath I breathe, held in His hand

    The giver of life.

    My life in His hands.

    Picture for a moment, the journey for Jesus towards the cross, the pain, the anguish, facing death, yet knowing – His life held in Gods hand. Such trust in the Fathers love and care for Him. He journeyed through so much suffering for the sake of the world. To make a way for you, for me. He knew His Father held Him in the palm of His hand. Holding every moment of time and history in His hands.

    On the cross, we hear that Jesus said; “Father, into your hand I commend my life”.

    This hand of God so powerful, holding the whole world together. Restoring and healing all that is broken through the cross. This hand of God so powerful to hold Christ’s life. This same hand that holds my life together – in the palm of His hand.

    Could it be that my times are actually held within Your power. Held in the power of Your hand. My whole life placed within Your power. My life paved out for your plans and purposes. For my life is not fully dependant upon me. Jesus life was not fully dependant upon him. He relinquished it all, gave Himself fully to God, who gave Him every breathe in the first place.

    He yielded it all to Him.

    Hanging on the cross for you, for me. He gave His final breath, His last breath. Yielded His life for you, for me.

    So as we ask, in whose hands are our times?

    Is it the hand of fear, of guilt, of greed, of selfishness? Or is it the hand of love, of hope, of joy, or grace, of peace, of mercy, and justice?

    These are days for putting our trust in Him, for our times are in Gods hand.

    He’s got the whole world in His hands. He’s got our life, our spirit and every breath given by the Father held together in the palm of His hands. Who gives us all that we have and all that we are.

    Our times in His hand.

    Now we wait, we rest just as Christ waited and rested in the tomb, expectantly waiting for that third day when the powerful hand of God would awaken Him, raise Him back to life from the grave. The very breath of God.

    Christ alive, Christ risen.

    Now we wait expectantly in these days. Our times, in His hands.

    For Christ to come again.

    We wait for more of Christ to be revealed. For more of the Kingdom of God to be revealed. To breakout around the globe in all of its splendour and glory. We wait for the powerful Hand of God to move leading us through these challenging times.

    For my life is not dependant upon me, it’s dependant upon Him.

    He’s got the whole world in His hands.

    He’s got you and me in His hands.

    My times are in Your hand.

    #HolySaturday