What have you lost that you would like to have found or returned? Was it a relationship? Was it a job? Was it money lost in the stock market? Did you lose your home? What have you done to attempt to recover it? What would you do if it all was returned to you?
Sometimes losing things can be blessing. Other times it can be annoying. And still other times it can be devastating. A broken and lost relationship can devastate a person. Losing your entire fortune in the stock market can be devastating. A lost job may also be devastating.
We lose lots of things throughout our lives. It seems dryers eat up socks. They are lost forever. That may be a little annoying, but we just go buy some more socks to replace them. But when we lose something or someone very significant, we may never get over it. It may haunt us for the rest of our lives.
Through the prophet Zephaniah, God tells us he will restore our fortunes. He is not talking about our lost socks. He is talking about our true fortunes, which include relationships, dignity, feeling loved, eternal peace, and eternal joy. The material things of this world will no longer matter to us when we go to spend eternity with God. But reconnecting those lost relationships along with being loved and appreciated will feed our joy when God brings us home.
I pray we all know loss in this life will be made right by God. I pray we withstand our losses with God’s strength. I pray each one of us look forward to the day our fortunes are returned to us. Your valuable losses will be returned. God will restore you. God will return your fortunes.
Zephaniah 3:20
At that time I will bring you home,
at the time when I gather you;
for I will make you renowned and praised
among all the peoples of the earth,
when I restore your fortunes
before your eyes, says the Lord.
Marty Pressey 