Processing with the Lord about personal issues can feel so small and insignificant in light of world issues going on. Yet it is in the removing of the personal speed bumps that the Lord can speak clearly about the really big picture happening and when He does it brings such peace and such joy, it makes life’s challenges manageable. Jesus said, for the joy set before Him, He endured the cross. The cross was a temporary moment that He had to go through in order to live in the eternal joy set before Him. Now we are not Jesus nor are any of our issues anything close to what Jesus endured on the cross, but the same spirits of mockery, intimidation, betrayal, they are in our situations as well. The enemy is a spirit and he is no respecter of persons.
What the Lord showed me today has brought so much joy, hope and peace, I can’t stop smiling and I hope it encourages you like it did me.

In the timeframe of 586BC a generation of people both righteous and wicked, were on the earth and they witnessed the destruction of the Temple in Israel. The Temple was and still is very valuable to Hebrew people because it was the place where God’s presence dwelt with them. One generation saw the destruction of the Temple, while another generation saw the restoration of the Temple when Solomon began the building project of it per his father David’s instructions and resources. Two generations, one saw destruction of a nation, the others saw restoration of a nation. Knowing where we are in God’s timeline for our nation is extremely important. Nehemiah was in the generation of restoration of a nation, henceforth, the rebuilding of the wall. Jeremiah was in the beginning of the captivity of a nation taken to Babylon and destruction of Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar, henceforth the call to settle down in Babylon.

The question is where is your nation, right now. Are you in the destruction phase or the restoration phase? Solomon in Ecclesiastes 3 says there is a time for everything. What time is it for your nation? For the United States, we are at the beginning stage of the restoration of a nation. If you can see this is where we are, it will bring you great hope, joy and peace. What feels like a personal delay, is only a feeling, God showed me that this is so much bigger than me, it is about a nation and His timing is for a nation not an individual. This changed my whole attitude about how come things seem to be taking so long. God is restoring nations right now as we speak. Some are going to go through destruction and others are going through restoration. America is in the process of restoration not destruction, that is why we see so much rubble all around, but the builders are arising and God is restorating the nation. What is the Lord doing in your nation?