He Will Restore Everything That Is Broken

Calvary’s tree is always primary over anyone’s earthly family tree. On Calvary’s tree Jesus made a way for you to join a new family as a forgiven son or daughter of the King. Through Jesus you are now a part of the best family of all. But He’s placed you in your particular human family for a reason.

If God can bring about our best from Christ’s worst, He can surely overcome the mangled web of destruction left by people in your life. God can restore and bring about something beautiful from the chaos in your life, the legacy of devastation in your past. He can and will bring the change that displays His power and love. Oh, and this is not some fairytale promise I’m offering or some wishful mumbo-jumbo. It’s bedrock truth anchored in history at the cross of Jesus.

The prophet Joel proclaims that God says, “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten” (Joel 2:25). So even if the sin of your father, or his foolishness or disinterest or failure, has left your heart like a devastated mountainside, clear-cut of everything beautiful and fruitful and promising, it’s not the end of your story. Even if a firestorm of destruction has left your life bare, God is in the business of giving beauty for ashes, and that’s what He wants to do for you.

The Enemy is trying to drive a wedge between you and God by using what has happened with your dad to make you doubt that God’s heart is good and His arms are strong. Yet a new understanding and a fresh glimpse of the finished work of the cross can forge a bond between you and your heavenly Father that cannot be broken.