Repairer and Restorer

UV 461/10000 Isaiah 58 v 12 Repairer and Restorer Isa 58:12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. We are called to rebuild, to stand in the breach in the wall around the kingdom of God, to restore the paths of God. We rebuild the kingdom and the church by fervent and constant prayer and by training the people belonging to many generations in the ways of God. We stand in the breach to bridge the gap between God and people by interceding for them. The words, “ they that shall be of thee” refers to the persons we minister to, serve, teach, train or mentor. By our lives we become signboards for them the paths they should take in life in order to be blessed of God. In this way, we lay the foundations of many generations in the kingdom of God. The foundations of faith are prayer that connects us with God, the Word through which God communicates with us, fellowship through which we communicate with each other and witnessing through which we communicate the love of God to those who do not know of it or have not experienced it. Every believer needs to be taught, trained and strengthened in these basic disciplines. In the Old Testament, Nehemiah the cupbearer to the king used his earthly influence to get permission and provision to rebuild the ruins and walls of Jerusalem. Similarly, we must do all that we can with the influence and power that is within our reach to build the kingdom and to rebuild the church. We must observe and survey as Nehemiah did the breaches in the wall and muster or marshall all the children of God to rebuild the ruins and the broken down walls. Then, we will be commended by God Himself as repairer of the breach and restorer of the paths of God. Prateep V Philip