"So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God." Joel 2:25-26
God has promised to restore to us things that we have lost. Even though we lost them because of our own doing and even though we lost something because God sent His great army against us. In this verse God promises to restore years, and the good that those lost years would have produced.
Another thing that God promises to restore is joy.
"Restore to me the joy of your salvation..." Psalm 51:12
The Christian life is to be a life of joy unspeakable and the praise that joy produces.
Another thing God restores is what the Bible calls twice as much.
"And the Lord restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before." Job 42:10
God restored Job's health and wealth and family. There is hope that God can restore to us double what we have lost too.
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