Morning by Morning—Daily Prayer Journey with Tommy Hays

Friday, March 06, 2020

Morning by Morning, March 6 - Accelerated Restoration!

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Let me see and speak, let me hear and say what Your Spirit is showing me and stirring up within me, as I wait and listen for Your leading today. You said, "He who has ears, let him hear" (Matthew 11:15; Revelation 2:29). Give me ears to hear and words to speak -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ...

"The time will come,' says the Lord, 'when the grain and grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested. Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel will drip with sweet wine! I will bring My exiled people of Israel back from distant lands, and they will rebuild their ruined cities and live in them again. They will plant vineyards and gardens; they will eat their crops and drink their wine. I will firmly plant them there in their own land. They will never be uprooted from the land I have given them,' says the Lord your God" (Amos 9:13-15 NKJV).

At the end of the ancient prophecy of the prophet Amos stands this word of hope. It's a promise of restoration from all the years of destruction, a promise of healing from all the years of wounding, a promise of freedom from all the years of bondage, a promise of living under the blessings from all the years of living under the curses. It's a promise of You taking all the bad things and turning them into good things. It's a promise of You taking even the places of sin and suffering the consequences of rebellion and doubt and disobedience to turn them all into places of praise and joy, of security and peace, of testimony to Your glory and grace, to Your mercy and love.

And not only is it a promise of restoration, it's a promise of acceleration. It's a promise of accelerated restoration. "The grain and grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested" (v. 13). "The one who plows shall overtake the one who reaps, and the treader of grapes the one who sows the seed" (v. 13 NRSV). That's not natural; that's supernatural! That's not normal; that's some kind of new normal! That's not the way it's always been; that's a way we've never been before! That's not living in the land of our past; that's crossing over into the Promised Land of our eternal destiny and the fullness of our inheritance as the sons and daughter of God in You!

Lord, let this be that day! We all sense it -- all who have ears to hear and eyes to see what You're doing in our day, in this new day! We see breakthroughs coming more suddenly, healings manifesting more quickly, salvation of souls in increasing harvests happening more dramatically. You are at work in ways that we've not seen before -- not since the days of the first outpouring of Your Spirit in power and love, in mercy and grace! (Acts 2:1-47)

These are days of acceleration. These are days of accelerated restoration. And even these great and awesome days are but a foretaste of greater days yet to come! For You have declared, You have promised "the glory of this latter house shall be greater than the former" (Haggai 2:9 KJV), You've saved the best wine for last (John 2:10), for the time of the end is a time of great harvest (Matthew 13:29), and there is coming "the time for the final restoration of all things, as (You) promised long ago through (Your) holy prophets" (Acts 3:21 NLT).

Yes, Lord! The best is yet to come! We are living in the days of the beginning of Your best! We are living in the days of accelerated restoration of all things! As You spoke to Your first disciples of the first fruits and foretaste of what we are beginning to see coming into its fullness, "Jesus said to them privately, 'Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it" (Luke 10:23-24).

This is the time that You're opening our eyes to see it and our ears to hear it, as never before! Give us Your grace to open our imagination to wrap our minds around it, to open our hopes to dare to embrace it, to open our mouths to boldly proclaim it! These are the days, now is the time of accelerated restoration! "As it is written: 'Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him!" (1 Corinthians 2:9 NKJV) In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

My friend, may you have eyes to see and ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to us in these exciting, expectant days of accelerated restoration, in Jesus' name. May you experience it in every area of your life! Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!