Divine Reversals

God loves to take the broken, marred, and discarded and transform them into something beautiful. He is the One who gives beauty for ashes and brings restoration to the broken. This divine reversal is accomplished through the cross. What man could not achieve through his greatest efforts, God did through total surrender. The power of sin was broken by the sinless, and the demand for justice was satisfied by the wrongly accused.

Jesus gave His life and became the full depravity of man’s sin. Then in the greatest reversal ever known, the sacrifice became the Savior. The smitten by God became the Restorer to God. He who willingly went to hell was exalted to heaven. Man’s tortuous instrument of cruelty and death became a symbol of life and hope.  

Jesus, who knew no sin, became sin. Now, we, who have committed many sins, can become righteous and free through Him. This is the power of the cross: it does what striving cannot do. It frees when we are bound, heals when we are sick, delivers when we are helpless, and empowers when we are weak. It brings the strength of hope into the darkest, deepest, and strongest bonds of wickedness, sickness, and sin.

There is no person without hope, and there is no situation too difficult, nor bondage too great. God loves to take the activities and destruction of the enemy and showcase His grace. He takes ashes and brings forth beauty, turns failure into victory, restores what was lost, and redeems what was broken.

God, who became sin and died, now lives exalted, glorious, holy, and free. His death is the statement of His love, and His resurrection the declaration of His power. Through divine reversal, the victim became the victor, and he who died now has power over death.

The God who delights in divine reversals is at work in your life. Your greatest need reveals His mercy, and your inability invites His grace. What the devil meant for evil, He will turn for good. Regardless of what need plagues your life or inability limits your future, there is a God who loves and restores. He delights in divine reversals.