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05.19.10

Take it Back!

Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God; for He
has given you the former rain faithfully, and He will cause the rain to come
down for you - the former rain and the latter rain in the first month. The
threshing floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with
new wine and oil. So I will restore to you the years that the swarming
locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, and the chewing
locust. - Joel 2:23-25.

Carolyn Risher says, "We are taking everything back that the devil ever
stole from us." Last year in Inglis, Florida the mayor of Inglis, Carolyn
Risher issued a proclamation banning satan from the town. She declared the
small city (pop. 1,400) to be a satan-free zone and embedded copies of the
proclamation in posts at four entrances to the city. The mayor said she was
concerned about the kids dressing "Goth," DUI drivers and child molesters.

Once you have banned the devil from your life, what do you do then? Take it
back! Take back what the devil has stolen from you. Take back what the
locusts have eaten up.

When we are involved in sin the devil eats up our time and lives just like
devouring locusts eat up crops. Time and resources that could have been used
to bring glory to God are redirected to bring pain and shame to our own
lives and families. Years may go by while the demons romp and play
destroying all that they can that is good in your life. When we finally turn
back to God, and He kicks the devil and sin out of our lives we may be
tempted to think that it is too late to live the way we should. We may think
that it is too late to do anything productive with our lives to bring glory
to God.

When the prophet Joel spoke those words so long ago God's people had
experienced firsthand the devouring locusts. God's promise to them, and I
believe to us as well, is that God can restore the years to us that have
been wasted. How can He do that? He will do it through quality of life and
blessing. As we take back what the devil has stolen by living our lives to
bring glory to the Lord the years will be restored. Joy and blessing will
pour from the Lord to our lives, and from our lives to the lives of
countless others.

Take it back!!

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