Dream Again: God Restores What Was Lost

It might seem like at first glance, the author is confused. Like you just spent the first three verses being like, we can dream again. God, you restored our hopes. You restored our dreams. But in verse four, the tone changes completely. Why? Because we acknowledge that the work is not done yet. Second thing we can take away from Psalm 126 is, there's always more for God to restore. There's always more for God to restore. [00:25:24] (28 seconds)  #AlwaysMoreToRestore

And I just believe today that for no matter what kind of year you had this year, there's more that God wants to restore in your life. God has this frustrating habit for me that as soon as I think I've arrived, there's someone new for me to forgive. I'm like, God, I've totally figured this out. And he's like, well, no, actually, you didn't forgive this person yet. And you reacted this way to your kids this year. And you're still kind of holding on to this idol in your life. [00:26:31] (27 seconds)  #GraceToKeepForgiving

I believe today, wherever this video finds you, wherever you find yourself listening to this message, if God is in it, you can dream again. I know that the reality of a group of people like this, there were all kinds of years that were had in 2025. But I wanna begin by telling you this, and it's something I've tried to build my life on. God has been better than we think. God has been better than we think. [00:22:26] (29 seconds)  #DreamAgainWithGod

And it takes faith from being this thing we learn about in a book or if you've been around church for a while to say, no, this is Jesus. Jesus, born to the Virgin Mary in the line of the King David, lived 30 sinless years on earth, shows up on the scene, opens the prophet Isaiah and says, in your hearing, this has been fulfilled. I have come that the blind may see, that the lame may walk, that the dead may live. [00:32:46] (30 seconds)  #MessiahOfMiracles

I am like, I am sliding for home. I'm like, I'm trying to read a book. I'm trying to put a show on. That's the way I am. And so it's been this huge challenge for me when it's the easier thing to go to those things that maybe make me feel comfortable. I've been trying to read a Psalm and read a chapter of the Gospels every night. The reason why is because I'm saying, God, I want more of you. And if the Psalm says, Lord, that you see my beginning morning, also see my end at night. God, that's what I want. I want you to be a part of every single part of my day. [00:28:47] (32 seconds)  #StartAndEndWithGod

And so Psalm 126 reveals to us that it's easy to be okay with the Jerusalem that has been built and not have faith for the Jerusalem that God sees as possible. It's be easy for them to say, man, we got this temple back. We got the wall back, but something erupts in him that says, but God, this is not as good as I know it can be. [00:29:20] (22 seconds)  #FaithForFullRestoration

I am one of those people where I am the annoying New Year's resolution person. I really love goals. I love diets and challenges and new hobbies and all of these things. And I got to just be really honest with you. I don't know exactly what 2026 will hold for my family. I've got some hopes. I've got some dreams. I've got some vision. But I think that all of us together as a community could say, what if next year, this time, I could say that I'm closer to Jesus then than I am now? [00:27:14] (33 seconds)  #CloserToJesusNextYear

I do believe, as we've been talking about, what I've tried to do in my life in both good seasons and hard seasons is see how God was in them. This reflection point, Psalm 126, them headed up the mountain. God, even though the wall is not built, the temple is not what it was, we can dream again because what? You've been better than we think you've been. [00:23:32] (26 seconds)  #SeeGodInEverySeason