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Title: I need to be restored!
Text: 2 Chron 15:8-15
Introduction: The other day I went into my garage looking for old piece of furniture for my wife.
It was an old round end table that belonged to my mother-in-law.
It was hidden in the back in a corner hard to see.
Not only could I not see but I could not get to it due to the many boxes and articles that trapped it in a corner.
When I lifted out of the corner, I discovered it could be of antique quality due to its design and intricate details.
I say “could be” because upon examination I discovered that the table had some marks that made it less desirable.
Initially, this table was no use to us.
First of all, it was forgotten about.
Due to lack of use, nobody even knew what was there.
Since it was in the back of the garage in a corner, it was dirty.
It had marks and scratches that made it less appealing.
It was discolored and it had no shine.
It had a broken leg so it could not stand properly.
However, with all of its faults and flaws, I looked at this round end table and said to myself, “this can be restored”.
At that moment the Lord spoke to me and said this old piece of furniture is like my church and its people forgotten, flawed, broken and not shine.
But I can restore it and make it more valuable!
Church, the Lord wants to restore and make you better than before!
/RQ: How do I get restored?/
*I.
Receive the Word v. 8a*
King Asa /heard/ the Word of God through the prophet Azariah to seek the Lord.
“Heard” means that he gained information.
Information is empowering.
The text says after he heard “he took courage” which means he became strong.
The Word of God makes you strong!
But before he was strengthened, he had to believe what God had spoken.
It was his belief that made him strong.
In other words he had faith in what God said.
Faith came by hearing.
He heard from God and faith came.
Faith will make you do things /you would not normally do/.
He *received* the Word and was obedient to it.
King Asa shows us that you have to be open to receive the word.
But the problem is that we are resistant because we have hard heads and even harder hearts.
We think that we know more than God.
But worst, we don’t trust Him at as Lord.
Not being open to God is real the problem.
We want to handle to things on our own and not let God be God.
But if you want to be restored you have to open your heart, mind and soul to *receive* the Word of God.
The Word is quick, power and sharp.
When you receive the Word, you receive Jesus.
He is the Living Word.
*II.
Remove every distraction v. 8b*
Like the stuff in my garage blocking me from seeing the end table, is there anything blocking you from seeing God?
The text says that King Asa put away the remaining idol out of all the land.
He made room for God.
He wanted his kingdom to be a place that God could dwell and be the priority.
Therefore, anything that was a distracting away from God and God’s purposes, Asa got rid of.
My beloved, we also have to be empowered by the /word/ enough that we are inspired to make sure that our environment is a place where God can dwell and is the priority.
God first!
Not your stuff and wants!
We have to do consistent inventory checks and make the proper adjustments to make sure nobody is on the throne of Jesus!
This goes back to worship.
When you worship, you make God first and you enthrone Him as Lord!
You may have to even remove yourself so you can see God.
But if you want to be restored, you have to remove every distraction.
*III.
Repair your place of Worship v. 8c*
After you removed any distractions that prevent you from worship, you may then have to repair your place of worship.
There may be some broken places in your life that need to fixed before you can truly worship God the way He desires for you to do.
You need to be free.
But many of us are still in bondage and broken.
King Asa according to the text renewed or repaired the altar.
The altar is a place of sacrifice.
It is at the altar that we meet God.
But if it is broken there is no meeting place with God.
You need some repair.
You have been broken, hurt and damaged.
And it is hard for you even to present yourself to God.
But in order to win favor with God, you have to repair the altar in your life.
My beloved, this is not a physical place.
It is not made of bronze, gold or stone.
This place is in your heart.
Each one of us has an altar inside of us that needs repairing so we can make the proper sacrifices to please our Almighty God.
The name Asa means /healer/.
By repairing the altar, he healed the land of Judah from its broken relationship with God.
We can do the same for our broken relationship with God.
When you present yourself to God as a living sacrifice, He not only heals you but your relationship with Him can be restored.
Jesus is better than any repair man.
His warranty never runs out.
He is always ready to repair the altar of your heart!
*IV.
Reunite with those who see God working in your life v.9*
Next, there are some relationships that need be restored in your.
There are family members that you need to reconcile with.
There are some friends that you need to reconnect with.
These are not the people who intentionally did you wrong.
They may have differed with you but they truly love you and that you love them.
God is telling you today, it is time to reunite.
Look at the text.
/And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
/ King Asa assembled the defected tribes of Israel together because the presence of the Lord was with him.
They were all connected at one time but divided when God was not first in their lives.
God’s anointing thru Asa drew them back from rebellion.
There is restoration of former relationships when the anointing in present (that is the power of worship).
Like Asa, He want to reunite you with people who were like Ephraim (doubly fruitful), Manasseh(causing to forget), and Simeon (hearing).
If we want our relationship restored God have to be with us!!
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