Restored and Ready to R.U.N.

Get ready to R.U.N.! R.U.N. is an acronym for Reignite Ultimate Newness. Sometimes situations and circumstances can get you down and cause you to lose your faith and hope in your purpose and what you are believing God to do in your life. Restoration is here! It is time for you to get back to the joy of your salvation (Psalm 51:12). It is time for you to reignite the gifts and talents God has blessed you with. It is time to live your life to the ultimate level, take your rightful place in the Kingdom, and experience a newness in your walk with the Lord. Get ready to R.U.N.

Before you can get ready to R.U.N., restoration must take place. Restoration gets you ready to R.U.N. It leads to rejuvenation and the opportunity to reinvent yourself. When you experience restoration, you become better than your original self. Restoration allows you the opportunity to recover what was lost. Restoration results in a release. It gives you the opportunity to forget those things that are behind you and to look forward to a refreshing future (Philippians 3:12-14).

Restoration reignites the fire deep down inside of you and makes you arise anointed and ablaze. It gives you an open ear to hear God’s instructions and direction. When it manifests in your life, you will say like Eli told Samuel to say the next time he heard the Lord call him, “Speak Lord, your servant is listening.” (I Samuel 3:7-11) Restoration gets you ready to receive the blessings of the Lord. It causes a resurrection in you and makes you a new creature. It leads to a revival, causes you to reap rewards, and reignites you to take your rightful place in God and no longer live beneath your privilege. Get restored and ready to R.U.N.

There are many Biblical examples of people experiencing restoration. Samson went through tremendous trauma during his lifetime. He was a Nazarite which is a person who takes a vow to be set apart to serve God (Judges 13:5). His life purpose was to begin rescuing Israel from the Philistines (Judges 13:5). Although he was a powerful man of God, he had issues. His parents objected to his marriage, but they weren’t aware that his attraction to a pagan woman was a part of God’s plan to begin rescuing Israel from the Philistines (Judges 14:4). He was full of pride and vengeful (Judges 15:4-5; 14). He let Delilah trick him into telling her where his strength came from, and it caused him to be captured by the Philistines (Judges 16:17-21). But through it all, God still used him mightily. While in captivity, his hair grew back, and his strength was restored (Judges 16:22). Samson prayed to God for strength one last time, was able to bring down the temple walls where the Philistines were having a celebration, and he was able to kill more people during his death than when he was alive (Judges 16:30).

Consider the prodigal son’s experience. He demanded his inheritance early, his father gave him his portion of his estate, and he went away and squandered it all (Luke 15:11-13). He came to his senses and returned home to the open arms of his father and a feast (Luke 15:17-24). His father was just happy to have his son home and restored him back to his rightful place (Luke 15:21-31). God wants to restore you too to your rightful place so you can be reignited and ready to live an ultimate new life in Him.

Restoration makes you rest, rule, and abide with your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Restoration leads to you receiving back everything that the enemy stole from you. Most importantly, the key to restoration is forgiveness. Jesus is ready to forgive you and restore you. He wants you to live a reignited ultimate new life. Ask the Lord to create in you a clean heart (Psalm 51:10) and get restored and ready to R.U.N. Reignite your ultimate new life and R.U.N.!

Elder Tracey Nicole George www.traceystrinketstotriumph.com