We've all experienced loss. It's painful and potentially devastating. I've tasted of its bitter fruit. I was married one day and divorced the next. I was celebrated as a "40 Under 40" rising star one day and fired for "failure to perform job duties" the next. I was a homeowner one day and surrendered the deed in lieu of foreclosure the next.
God's promise to me and any of His children who suffer loss is this- "[I will] set everything right again, reestablish your fortunes. Even though you’re not much right now, you’ll end up better than ever (Job 8:7 MSG)." We must let go of the past and let God blow our minds with restoration and promotion as He does immeasurably more than ALL we ask or imagine (Eph 3:20).
God is doing a new thing in us, through us and for us. Don't you see it? Can't you feel it? No? Oh wait, you're looking back at what used to be and the past "glory" and success or maybe you're looking down at the loss and present-day mess. Look up. Look to God in all things. He restores and even promotes His children after times of loss. It wasn't meant to kill us. It was simply a pruning process preparing us for greater.
Don’t call it a comeback because God didn't allow you to go through that pain and loss to simply come back to that same place where you were before the divorce, job loss, foreclosure, or whatever it is you experienced. God says I'm giving you double for your trouble! You were temporarily set back in the slingshot of destiny to be launched forth to go higher and further than ever before!
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