The Master Carpenter

October 16, 2025

"And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you." Joel 2:25

Any restoration project is not an easy process. Once things begin to be torn down and ripped apart there is no telling what will be discovered when walls and floors that have been covered up for years are exposed. Once everything is torn down and ripped apart then it is time to put it all back together again, and the goal of the restoration process is to put it back together again better than what it was before. There are times in our spiritual lives that we need to have things torn down and ripped apart and allow The Lord to put them back together again better than what they were before. The Scripture reminds us that God will restore the years that have been taken away from us, and have been eaten away. I encourage you today to remember God is the great restorer and He will restore the years of your life that have been torn apart. Things that have been ripped away from you, God who is the Master Carpenter will put them back together again, better than what they were in the past. No matter what you have lost, God will be able to put them back together again, no matter how long you have been going through it, God will restore the years that have been taken from you. Trust God to bring you through no matter how long you have been going through, and He will do just what He says. I am thankful that God is restoring the years that have been taken, and since I know He is the The Master Carpenter, I have no doubt, "It's My Year To Get My Thing From My God!"

Prayer:

Lord, thank you for restoring the years that have been eaten away in my life. I know that no matter how it looks right now, you can restore the years and put things in my life back together again better than what they were before. I love you Lord. In Jesus Name Amen.

Be Inspired, Rev. Dr. Stephen W. Pogue, Pastor
Greater Centennial A.M.E. Zion Church
Mount Vernon, NY