One of my favorite passages in the Bible is Revelation 7.

It moves me deeply to read of the culmination of our redemptive journey!

In my spiritual life I have wandered in wildernesses of my own making, valleys of life’s experiences, and mountain tops of God’s blessing! I have literally lived Isaiah 43:2. I have passed through waters of defeat and He was with me. I have walked through rivers of despair and they did not overflow me. I have stood in the fire of misunderstanding and not been burned. I have endured the flame of rejection and not been scorched.
All of those successes were to His credit….not mine.

His mercy has made me strong!

In this life, we become saturated and soggy with a “now focus” that weighs us down. When life presses in and the future seems exhausting, we lose sight of where our Shepherd is really leading us. In Psalm 23 we read what David understands of our wonderful Shepherd and His plan to guide us in this life. How exhilarating is it to know that when we join Him around the throne… when we pass from this life to the next….it is still our Shepherd who will lead and care for us through all eternity!

Revelation 7: 13-17 “Then one of the elders addressed me, saying “Who are these, clothed in white robes and from where have they come?” I said to him, “Sir you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”

“Therefore they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence! They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore. The sun shall not strike them or any scorching heat. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their Shepherd. He will guide them to springs of living water and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

The restoration of our souls will be complete. One day, as Revelation 7 says we will gather with every tribe and tongue before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and cry with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne and to the Lamb.”

Soul restoration is the sole job of Jesus. He alone paid the price with His blood and has the power to redeem, justify and cleanse. In this life, as we spiritually bow before His throne and apply His blood to our lives, we begin to ease into the mercy of His love and operate in the power of His grace…
and that my friend is where our souls are restored!