Total recovery gives an idea that something had been lost prior to the time of considering recovery. We have all at certain points in our lives lost one thing or another, either precious or not too precious; some of the losses are so tragic that they set us on a downward journey hence the importance of 'TOTAL RECOVERY'. The total recovery I mean is getting back all that you have lost and in their original position.

  By this I mean if your possession was taken and you were rendered empty you now got it back as it was, regardless of how long it had been taken away from you. This reminds me of a sister who lost her husband and was forced out of the house by her brother-in-law who took possesion of the house.
  This happened at the time when she was not saved, She however met Christ along the line and grew in the understanding of God’s word. She kept on praying and after twenty years, she got back the house with the wicked brother-in-law coming back out of much fear to ask for forgiveness and returning the house he had confiscated for those twenty years. That is what our God can do for His children.

  Whenever we hear about total recovery our minds readily go to the story of David in the book of 1Sam30. In that story David went out to war and before he came back another enemy of his (The Amalekites) had carried away all he had. After he had wept sore with his fighting men, he asked God whether to pursue the enemies or not and God gave him the go-ahead, which proves a point that God is a vital factor in experiencing total recovery. According to the word of God he pursued and got back everything that the enemy had taken away 1Sam 30:8. The God who did it for David is still alive and will do it again and again (Amen)
  It is instructive to know that this God knows how it feels to experience a loss because He had experienced several before. You might be wondering what is it that God lost and that is the basis of this message. For me I found it hard to believe that the God of heaven and earth could lose anything knowing that He has all things under His control.Nevertheless He did (and eventually recovered all) and we’ll briefly go together on a journey through scriptures to get an insight into this.

  The Creation to the Fall of Man: Gen1, God by His awesome power created the world and the book of Revelation chapter 4 verse 11 made us understand that He created it for his pleasure, this underscores the fact that the earth belongs to God. After creation, God put man in charge of the earth and gave him enough opportunities to operate, but this did not last long as man fell and handed over the control of God’s earth to the devil- God’s enemy. This is more painful considering that man was created as the crown of God’s creation and that he was created a little lower than the angels Ps 8:5. Be that as it may, man fell and that set in motion a series of events that brought God much pain (Gen6: 6) and regret. This is indeed a great loss.

  The Flood: With the degenerative lifestyle man was leading, God had no option than to destroy the world. Can you fathom that? God destroying His own creation? The condition of God at this point in time could be likened to that of a business owner who because his workers were not performing well decides to close the business. Well, God had to do that with great pains I suppose. This state of things went on for years until God had to do something drastic, which in this case was to destroy the earth.

  The Saviour: Nothing was good enough to bring hope back except the son of God, and the way He would bring hope is by dying a shameful death, yet the men that He came to die for rejected Him and insisted on doing away with Him in place of a criminal, how shameful. Despite all these because God wanted total recovery and because He loves what He lost (man), He was willing to give all He had to ensure total recovery. So I encourage you to also give it your all and ensure that you recover all.

  The restoration: 2 Cor5: 19, this verse of scripture made it clear that God actually recovered all. God recovered all he lost, and I make bold to say to you that you too can recover all if you have this God and you hold on to Him.

   God's promises: The following scriptures are too clear about the fact that with God you can recover all: Jer33: 3, Ps50: 15, Joel2: 25, Jer33: 6,7b & 11c and Jer49: 6(NIV)
  Beloved, it is not over until it is over. Get back on your knees and claim back your joy, peace, partner, job, health, home, and all that the enemy has stolen from you.
SHALOM.
ABRAHAM OLUDOLAPO.