Today we are going to start in Joel 2:25 (NKJV), "So I
will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The
crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust. My army I
sent among you." There are four types of ways the curse has stolen from
us. This passage is a prophesy of what happened when Christ came. Christ
broke the curse, but then He didn't just stop there. He promises to
restore what the curse steals, what Satan steals, the years stolen from
you. And so He identifies each of the four. They represent your
effort/time, your relationships, your money, and your fruit. You worked
for years and years and it was all wasted. You were married to the wrong
man, he was abusive, he didn't love you, 10 years, and you look at the
time, ugh, what a waste. You made that investment; the money vanished
like thin air. You raised your children to love the Lord, but they are
running to the world. Too many Christians have seen theft in their
lives. The curse gave Satan access to steal, kill and destroy. But we
must realize he has that access no more. God says, "I will restore the
years." The years of investing in the wrong job only to have the doors
close, you went to a church that didn't tell you about the Holy Spirit
and the power, your parents abandoned you and stole your childhood. You
thought those years were just gone, but today you are going to find out
that God is restoring those years. That mistake you made and the years
spent in prison, those years as a young girl abused and molested
repeatedly, building a business with a partner only to have them steal
all that you worked for, that dead beat man that won't pay child
support. God says to you today, "I will restore those years, the years
where the curse bled into your life, get ready for
restoration!"