He Restores My Soul

Psalm 23

A psalm of David.

 1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, 

   He leads me beside quiet waters, 

 3 He restores my soul. 

I believe God spoke the word RESTORE to me for 2009.  Each year I ask God for a word that will speak to my heart and become very real to me in a new way.  God promises in Joel 2:25 that He will restore the years the locust has destroyed. Areas in my body, soul, and spirit that have been wounded or destroyed by the enemy will be restored. That's a precious promise.  I looked the word RESTORE up in the dictionary and the definitions were numerous.  I'll list a few:

1. To return to a person, as a specific thing which he has lost, or which has been taken from him and unjustly detained. 

2. To replace; to return; as a person or thing to a former place.

3. To heal; to cure; to recover from disease.

4. To repair; to rebuild

5. To revive, to resuscitate; to bring back to life

6. To return of bring back after abscence

7. To renew or re-establish after interuption

I'm with an expectant heart waiting to see what and how God will restore areas the locust has stolen from me.