Jesus Restores Better Than the Lawn Guy!
Day 5—The Power of Being a Tenant
Without restoration, hopelessness settles on us the same way dirt settles onto an old house or rust eats through a forgotten car or stains sink into a worn-out couch.
And let’s be honest.
Is there anything more satisfying than watching something get restored
A relationship healed.
A house renewed.
An old leather couch brought back to life.
A car restored from dust to shine.
Or that yard restoration guy on YouTube
Goodness. You are welcome.
I have a confession.
I love watching restoration videos.
There is something deeply satisfying about them.
Why?
Because restoration is wired into us.
We ache for things to be made whole again.
And as tenants in God’s world, true restoration comes from one place.
From Jesus.
THE RESTORATION
Jesus shows us the perfect Tenant Son.
The One who never grasped for ownership.
The One who lived in unbroken dependency.
The One who restores what Adam and Eve forfeited.
His words become our pattern
“I only do what the Father shows Me” (John 5:19).
“My food is to do His will” (John 4:34).
“In Me you bear fruit” (John 15:5).
This is how the Son of God lived as a human being.
This is how every disciple, man or woman, walks in authority, intimacy, and purpose.
WHAT JESUS RESTORES
1. He restores relationship with the Owner
Where Adam and Eve reached for autonomy (Genesis 3:5 to 6),
Jesus chooses surrender (John 5:30).
Where humanity seized,
Jesus receives (John 3:27).
Where humanity hid,
Jesus abides (John 15:4).
Jesus returns men and women to their original posture
Children depending on the Father.
This is restoration.
2. He restores the flow of true authority
The world teaches that authority comes from control and power.
Jesus shows that authority comes from union.
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me” (Matthew 28:18).
Given, not taken.
Flowing from relationship, not self rule.
Real authority flows from abiding (John 15:5).
Fruit flows from connection.
Strength flows from presence (Acts 1:8).
Jesus never acted independently (John 5:19).
Because independence is the death of authority.
Only dependency produces lasting fruit in men and women alike.
3. He restores the purpose of a tenant
Before the fall, God entrusted a shared mission to humanity
Tend what He gives.
Guard what He entrusts.
Multiply what He blesses (Genesis 1:28 and Genesis 2:15).
Jesus fulfills this human calling perfectly
He tends hearts (John 10:11).
He guards His people (John 17:12).
He multiplies life everywhere He goes (John 10:10).
He restores the purpose God always intended for His sons and daughters.
THE RESTORATION YOU MUST GRAB HOLD OF
Authority flows from abiding.
Not from gifting.
Not from personality.
Not from drive.
Not from willpower.
Authority flows from union with the Father (John 15:5).
Fruit is the overflow of intimacy.
Strength is the overflow of dependence (Isaiah 40:31).
Purpose is the overflow of surrender.
This is why Satan attacked dependency first (Genesis 3:1 to 5)
If he breaks relationship,
he breaks authority.
If he breaks authority,
he breaks alignment.
And when alignment breaks,
identity and purpose collapse.
But the good news
Jesus restores the connection.
Jesus heals the break.
Jesus reopens the flow of life (John 7:38).
If He restores the flow,
your only work is to return to it.
THE NEVER FINISHED INVITATION
Return to the Vine.
Stop trying to be your own source.
Stop trying to force growth.
Stop trying to carry what only God can sustain.
“Abide in Me, and I in you” (John 15:4).
“Come to Me, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).
“I will never leave you or forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5).
Come back to dependency.
Come back to intimacy.
Come back to the Father.
Jesus restores the pattern
and invites every man and woman into the same life
A life where fruit grows organically and multiplies.
A life where authority rises quietly.
A life where strength is borrowed,
purpose is received,
and identity is secure.
A life where the serpent has nothing in you
because you have nothing to prove
and nothing to own.
All you have is a Father.
All you are is His child (1 John 3:1).
Restoration is offered freely,
but ignoring it has a cost.
If you refuse restoration, what happens
The house decays.
The wood rots.
The car rusts.
The couch cracks.
The yard dies.
Do nothing,
and deterioration continues.
Keep your Bible closed.
Keep your life in your own hands.
Keep your happiness as your highest priority.
And the soul follows the same law as any neglected thing
It breaks.
But restoration waits for the one who returns.
WHAT DOES TODAY SAY ABOUT GOD
El Roi. The God Who Sees Me
“You are a God who sees me” (Genesis 16:13).
When Hagar felt forgotten, she learned that God’s eyes never blink.
He sees the hidden faithfulness.
He sees the quiet obedience.
He sees the unseen tears.
The first name of God spoken by a human in Scripture comes from a woman the world treated as disposable.
Used.
Mistreated.
Sent away to die.
Yet she is the one God reveals Himself to.
She is the one He names Himself to.
You may feel like a nobody,
but because of Christ, you are deeply known and fully seen.
You matter to the God who sees.
What a Father.
What a Friend.
Thank You El Roi.
Thank You Jesus.