I got to thinking about what the word restore actually means. All I could think about were computers. You can create a 'restore point,' a place to go back to if you ever need to reboot your computer. This is most often needed after a lot of gunk and possibly a virus. So you go back to that point, like it was right when you got it at the store, and 're-store' it, to remove all those little things or big things that build up from even just daily use. God wants to do that with us, to give us clean slates, to restore us, to remove all that junk that builds up in our lives that slows us down, so He can set us free to run as fast as we can in Him.
Thinking about viruses took me back to my immunology class. Viruses not only slow down computers, they slow down our bodies while our immune system tries to fight off the outsider that keeps replicating on its own inside of us. Our body recognizes the virus and shows it to certain cells in the immune system, called B cells, which activate the immune system and turn into mature cells. These mature B cells produce antibodies which fight the virus, and also make memory B cells, which will remain in the immune system and are able to respond faster next time the the system comes across the virus. This reminds me of the way we can choose to respond to temptation: it might take us a while to get over it the first time, but after that, we can respond faster, quicker, cut it off before it escalates the next time.
All of these are just ways God wants to restore us back to His original perfection, which will only happen when we see Him again.
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