
17/07/2025
“Restore!” – A Cry from the Forgotten Places
Text: Isaiah 42:22
Theme: God's call to awaken the Church to intercede, restore, and redeem the oppressed.
Isaiah 42:22 is not just a description of Israel’s condition—it’s a mirror of our world today.
A people robbed of dignity, snared by sin, hidden in the prisons of poverty, addiction, trauma, and oppression.
Worse still, “none saith, Restore.”
God is not just showing us the brokenness.
He’s pointing out the silence of those who should speak restoration.
This is a call to rise, to intercede, and to act.
1. A People Robbed and Spoiled
> “But this is a people robbed and spoiled...”
Robbed of purpose.
Spoiled of their potential.
Families, dreams, and destinies broken by systems of injustice or spiritual blindness.
How many youths are robbed of their future through addiction, crime, or hopelessness?
Look around: who is being robbed while the Church sleeps?
2. Snared and Hidden
> “They are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses…”
Snared = trapped by unseen forces (spiritual warfare, generational curses, trauma).
Prison houses = emotional, financial, spiritual bo***ge.
These prisons may not have bars, but they confine people just the same.
There are women in abusive homes, young men lost in gang life, believers struggling in silence…
They are hidden—will anyone see them?
3. No One to Deliver
> “They are for a prey, and none delivereth…”
The enemy preys on them freely.
No one stands in the gap.
No Moses saying “Let my people go!”
No Nehemiah weeping for broken walls.
No Esther risking it all for her people.
The Church cannot be silent.
We are the deliverers God is waiting to send.
4. None Saith, “Restore”
This is the real tragedy—not just the pain, but the silence.
Restore marriages.
Restore broken faith.
Restore dignity to the disabled.
Restore justice to the oppressed.
Restore hope to the hopeless.
But who is saying “Restore” today?
5. The Hope of the Servant (Isaiah 42:1–7)
Isaiah 42 begins with hope—a Servant who brings justice, healing, and light.
Jesus is the restorer.
He opens blind eyes.
He leads the prisoners out.
He doesn't break the bruised reed.
So what is our role?
We are His Body on earth—we continue His mission.
Will You Be the Voice?
God is asking:
“Will you be the one who says ‘Restore’?”
Will you speak for the forgotten?
Will you cry out for the snared?
Will you visit the prison houses of pain with the light of Christ?
Let us rise and declare:
“Restore the wasted years!”
“Restore the broken hearts!”
“Restore justice, mercy, and truth!”