This is really a powerful word that will touch deeply with many people.
Whether you need restoration yourself OR you feel called to help restore others...you'll reap the benefits from this recent article by Jamie Rohrbaugh in which she shares the restoration God wants to do:
Let's receive all restoration God wants to bring our way AND be His hands and feet of restoration toward others! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)
Do you have a passion for justice and righteousness? Does your heart ache to see how many people are wounded by friendly (and not-so-friendly) fire in the Church? If so, God is offering you a new mantle today. If you choose to accept the Lord's commissioning, you can become one of His agents of restoration.
The mantle of the agent of restoration is found in Isaiah 61:4, which says: "And they shall rebuild the old ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations."
A gaping hole exists in the Body of Christ right now. It's a hole left by Christian soldiers who have been wounded and discarded by the Church. God's heart yearns to see that hole in Christ's Body filled and His wounded soldiers healed. However, in order for this to happen, He needs people to become agents of restoration and carry out His restorative agenda on the earth.
What is an Agent of Restoration?
An agent of restoration is a person whom God uses to:
• Remove shame from a person.
• Restore honor to those who have been dishonored.
• Stand in the gap by interceding for those who have been unjustly treated in the Church.
• Take tangible steps to be sure that the atrocities committed by the Church are reversed.
• Prophesy life into dead situations, ministries, marriages, spiritual conditions, etc.
An agent of restoration is generally a sniper in God's Kingdom. They usually work from the hidden place of the prayer closet, but they have a long reach. Even when they do emerge from their prayer closet to put action to their prayers, they still are not flashy. Many people don't even know who they are or the type of ministry in which they operate. Those in this Spirit-filled strike force don't mind taking a back seat to anybody; they don't need a front seat or a microphone to be effective. Agents of restoration look to see what the devil has done, then allow Jesus to flow through them strongly to destroy the works of the devil.
These spiritual snipers are God's hands and feet on the earth—the hands and feet He uses to continue the work of Christ as described in 1 John 3:8, which says: "He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil." (Photo via Pixabay)
When they see that the enemy has attacked someone's finances, they sow into the wounded soldier's life to counteract that attack. When they see the enemy has attacked someone with lies about his/her character, they sow into the soldier to counteract the lies. When they see that the enemy has robbed the Lord's soldiers of ministry fruit, opportunity, or effectiveness, they sow into the soldiers' lives in order to redeem, replace, and restore—with interest—what the enemy stole.
Agents of restoration are intercessors with shoe leather on. Agents of restoration stand in the gap between a wounded soldier and what the devil has done. They put shoe leather to the Blood of Jesus, bringing Heaven to Earth ON PURPOSE to see people healed, honored, defended, provided for, and celebrated.
Agents of restoration are often prophets and prophetic people. Prophetic people are often the quickest group to pick up this mantle when it is offered to them, simply because restoring people back into God's original intent is one of the functions of the prophetic office. However, these agents of restoration don't have to be prophets. Anyone can hear what God is saying and say that, and see what God is doing and do that.
Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It...
God is in the restoring business. He is a "Re-God." "Re" means to do again, make again, restore. Our Papa God is a Re-God.
• He's a re-newer: He makes all things new.
• He's a re-plenisher, with "plen" meaning "to fill"; He fills you up again.
• He's a re-storer, with "store" meaning "provision"; He fills you up with provision again.
God is a Re-God. He makes all things new. And if we, as His people, see what He is doing and imitate it, then each and every one of us will actively be working to make things new as well. We will be agents of... (continue reading)
