The Restorer of Broken Dreams

He is known by many names
And each time He reveals Himself to His children,
He gains another name as a monument of His goodness.

He showed Himself as a self-sufficient supplier of needs- The I Am.
Or when He established His Lordship and dominion- Jehovah
And in each specific need He's met, we've added suffixes-
Jireh, Rapha, Nissi, Kanna,
Mekaddeskum, Shalom, Shaphat,
Saboath, Raah, Hosenu,
Gibbor. Tsidkenu, Shammah, etc.
Or as a master over all- Adonai
Or in His lofty greatness, the Most High- El-Elyon

Throughout the generations, we have known Him by the many names that we've encountered through Him.
And when He finally came down to us to accomplish His purpose in Person,
We knew Him as Yeshua, or an Anglicized Jesus.

To me, He is my Restorer of Broken Dreams.
Ever had something you really wanted to achieve, however impossible or improbable,
And you had to give it up, shelve it away, and never think of it again?

What if I told you that even if you've discarded it,
There is someone out there who cares about your dreams?

Psalm 20:4
May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

All your plans succeed?

ALL?

Are we to take this figuratively or shall we step out in faith and take Him at His word?

Psalm 37:4
Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 145:19
He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.

Whoa, now there's something that you have to understand as well.

God will fulfill the desires of those who fear Him, who delights in Him.

But yes yes, you say, even if we meet those 2 criteria,

Then why doesn't He give me a million dollars?

James 4:3
When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

Now that we're on clear on this wish-granting topic, let me testify (whoa, heavy word, I know)

We're in a court of law, and I'm called to the witness stand, and I bear witness of God's faithfulness

And I acknowledge Him as the Restorer of Broken Dreams.

I was imprinted in my youth with the desire to serve in fulltime ministry,

The work of the early mission pioneers have called out to me like a siren song.

But, think realistically, I was told, abandon that dream, I did.

And here I am today, in a strange (to me) and marvellous twist of fate/destiny/God's perfect will,

I'm doing what I've only could dream about 6 months ago. My broken dream was restored.

Now that's old news. Let me tell you of a newer one.

My first guitar. 10 years ago, I slipped and she saved my life, but in exchange for her own.

Distraught, I couldn't bring myself to bury her, and so shelved her away in the storeroom,

Never to sing for me again. Another Broken Dream.

This week as you read this, know that there is a God in heaven who restores your broken dream.

An angel of a man, offered to restore my guitar for free. And thus through him, God salvaged yet another broken dream.

Reader, do not hesitate. What does God say?

Matthew 21:22
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."

Matthew 18:19
"Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

Matthew 7:8
For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.