venture. In sports, no team feels happy whenever they lose a match or tournament to their opponent. In Luke 8:43-48, the Bible recorded the story of a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years. Because of her painful condition, she was so restless and unhappy that she had to sneak through the crowd and touched the hem of the garment of Jesus Christ so she could be healed and be free from her infirmities. The question here is, "Why did this woman take such drastic decision, even when she knew she could be rebuked by the people around Jesus Christ, and her action could be seen as encroachment?” The truth is that this woman had lost so much in life, and she didn’t want to continue loosing. In the past twelve years, she had lost so much blood, so much money, many friends and relatives. These are quite enough for someone to be distressed about, and that was how much virtues and blessings Satan stole from this woman before she encountered Jesus Christ.
Generally, we set goals and targets virtually in everything we do in life, and whenever we experience loss instead of gain, we feel so sad. The Bible says that "God loads us with daily benefits." We are destined to be the beneficiaries of God's goodness and not losers in any of our good and godly quests. We are encouraged to make more efforts when our works yield profit. But when we keep losing and losing despite our commitments towards our goals and visions, it makes one feel like quitting even when the future is very bright. Satan understood how frustrating it could be to lose what you suppose to get, that is why he chose "stealing" as one of his major schemes, and he is wickedly executing this evil plans in the lives of many people without any thought to relent.
The hope we have irrespective of what we have lost in life is that we have the potent power of God and also reserve the right to recover the things we have lost, no matter how far, how big, and how expensive it may be. God is still in the business of recovery and restoration, even unto the end of the earth. If you have lost any precious thing and it looks as if you won’t succeed in life, don't be down-casted, there is hope for you.
DIVINE WORKS OF RECOVERY IN THE LIFE OF JOSEPH
The story of Joseph, the eleventh son of Jacob, is an excellent example of how God recovers and restores our losses. It is an exciting biblical event that contains intriguing revelation knowledge of how God recover and restore His people. Joseph was a man whom God revealed the greatness of his destiny. Out of excitement, he related his dreams to his parents and his siblings, thinking they would rejoice with him. To his amazement, his parents and his siblings did not regard his dreams. The dreams which God revealed to Joseph sounded so fascinating in the ears of his brethren. Therefore, they doubted the possibility of such dreams coming to fulfilment. Joseph's family members came against him instead of encouraging him. As a result of this maltreatment, Joseph lost many things in the journey of his life because he was antagonized by his biological family members who supposed to be a source of encouragement to him.
Let's consider the things Joseph lost in the journey of his life.
1) Joseph lost parental love and care (Genesis 37:31-34)
2) Joseph lost his relationship with his brothers (Genesis 37:35)
3) Joseph lost his good health (Genesis 37:24)
4) Joseph lost his garment of many colours (Genesis 37:23)
5) Joseph lost his friends (Genesis 37:2)
6) Joseph lost his first job in his father's house (Genesis 37:2)
7) Joseph lost his second job in Potiphar's house as a governor (Genesis 39:3-6)
8) Joseph lost his garment of governorship in Potiphar's house (Genesis 39:10-16)
9) Joseph lost his freedom of movement because he was put in prison (Genesis 39:20-21)
10) Joseph "temporally" lost his value as a great man (Genesis 39:20).
Despite all this quantum of losses which were painful experiences in the life of Joseph, he had two things that upheld him and helped him to fulfil his dreams;
1) God
2) Life
Even if you lose everything in life, don't lose the presence of God. If God be with you and you have your breath in you, there is a divine assurance that you will recover all and even more. In the book of Job 2:6, Before Job was tested, God made a pronouncement, which assured that Job would recover whatsoever he may lose in the supernatural adventure.
"And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life."
Though unknown to Job, God preserved his life so He could restore his losses when the sore temptations are over. The two things Joseph had, which were “God and Life” that enabled him to fulfil his destiny, were the same things Job had, which guaranteed his recovery and restoration. The experience of Job was not an easy one because it was a combination of “Test from God and Temptation from Satan.” The questions I have for you are; "Do you have these two things? Do you have God and breathe of life in you?” If your answer to these questions is, “yes”, then there is adequate hope for divine recovery in your life irrespective of what you may have lost.
God chose to identify Himself as "I AM THAT I AM" to reveal to us that He is ever the same from ages to ages, and from generation to generation. The things He did thousands of years ago, He can still repeat them over and over again. If God could preserve Joseph and fulfil the dreams He showed him despite all his challenges; then God can also recover and restore all your losses.
As stated earlier, in this book, you will learn and gain the revelation knowledge on How Satan steals from the people, How God Almighty recover our losses, Our roles in the Divine works of recovery, and How to retain what we have recovered. Are you ready to acquire this life-changing knowledge? If you are ready, then continue reading.
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