05/10/2026
🌅*OUR MORNING DEW*🌅
I WILL APPOINT YOU FOR PRAISE AND FAME IN EVERY LAND YOU WERE PUT TO SHAME
📖 Zephaniah 3:18 “I will gather those who sorrow over the appointed assembly, Who are among you, To whom its reproach is a burden. 19 Behold, at that time I will deal with all who afflict you; I will save the lame, And gather those who were driven out; I will appoint them for praise and fame In every land where they were put to shame. 20 At that time I will bring you back, Even at the time I gather you; For I will give you fame and praise Among all the peoples of the earth, When I return your captives before your eyes,” Says the Lord.
There is something powerful about waiting on God. Sometimes we pass through seasons that seem endless—seasons of disappointment, delay, affliction, rejection, scattering and even shame. But our present situation is not the final chapter of our story.
Yesterday in our Morning Dew, we spoke about the end of the wilderness season. Today, the Lord reminds us that when His appointed time comes, He knows how to bring His people out, gather them, restore them and change their story.
1. GOD WILL DEAL WITH WHAT HAS AFFLICTED YOU
The Lord says, “I will deal with all who afflict you.”
There are battles that human strength cannot resolve. There are situations where you have tried everything you know to do, yet nothing seems to change.
But when God arises, He knows how to deal with what has been standing against His people.
Do not give up while you are waiting for God.
Your delay does not mean God has forgotten you.
Your wilderness does not mean God has abandoned you.
Your tears do not mean your story will end in tears.
Wait on the Lord. His appointed time will come.
2. GOD WILL SAVE THE LAME
The Lord says, “I will save the lame.”
The lame represents those who have struggled to move forward—those whose progress has been hindered and whose strength has been weakened.
Perhaps there are areas of your life where you have repeatedly tried to advance but something has kept holding you back.
But hear the word of the Lord:
What could not move before can move again.
What had become weak can receive strength again.
What appeared stuck can begin to progress again.
God is able to restore movement where there has been stagnation.
3. GOD WILL GATHER THOSE WHO WERE SCATTERED
He says, “I will gather those who were driven out.”
There is a season of gathering after scattering.
Some people have experienced scattering spiritually, emotionally, financially, relationally or even in their plans and dreams.
Your thoughts may have been scattered. Your vision may have been scattered. Your confidence may have been scattered.
But God is able to gather the broken pieces and bring order again.
The God who gathers can give you clarity.
He can restore your vision.
He can reconnect what needs to be reconnected.
He can give you wisdom for the next step.
The season of scattering does not have to be the end of your story.
4. GOD IS RESTORING HIS PEOPLE TO HIS PRESENCE
Earlier in the same chapter, the Lord says:
📖 Zephaniah 3:9
“For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, that they all may call on the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one accord.”
Notice that restoration begins with God restoring His people to Himself.
God is changing the language of His people.
Instead of constantly speaking words of defeat, we learn to speak words of faith.
Instead of saying, “There is no hope,” we say, “My hope is in the Lord.”
Instead of saying, “God has forgotten me,” we declare, “The Lord has not forsaken me.”
Instead of allowing fear to govern our speech, we learn to call upon the name of the Lord.
Our words do not manipulate God into doing what He has not promised, but our speech reveals what is happening in our hearts. Therefore, as God restores us, He also renews our faith, our confession and our worship.
And when His people return to Him, He brings them together “to serve Him with one accord.”
5. SHAME WILL NOT HAVE THE FINAL WORD
Then comes this extraordinary promise:
“I will appoint them for praise and fame in every land where they were put to shame.”
The same places associated with their shame would become places where God’s restoration would be seen.
What a powerful picture of divine restoration!
There are moments when people remember your failure, your disappointment, your rejection or your difficult season.
But God is not limited by your past.
He can change the story.
He can take a place of tears and make it a place of testimony.
He can take a season of humiliation and turn it into a testimony of His faithfulness.
He can take what looked like the end and use it as the beginning of something new.
And that is why you must wait on God.
📖 Isaiah 40:31
“But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength…”
Waiting on God is not wasting time. Waiting is trusting God while He works according to His wisdom and appointed time.
So, child of God, do not abandon your faith because of a difficult season.
Keep praying.
Keep believing.
Keep serving.
Keep worshipping.
Keep trusting.
Your present season is not your permanent address.
The God who restores knows how to gather the scattered, strengthen the weak, deal with the affliction and turn shame into praise.
🌅 THIS MORNING, I DECLARE:
May the Lord gather what has been scattered in your life.
May He restore your strength where you have become weary.
May He renew your hope where disappointment has settled in your heart.
May He give you grace to wait for His appointed time.
And may He turn every area of shame into a testimony of His faithfulness.
The God who promised restoration is still at work.
Do not give up.
Do not turn back.
Wait on the Lord.
Your story is not over.
🙏 PRAYER:
Father, thank You because You are the God who restores. Gather what has been scattered in my life, strengthen what has become weak, heal what has been wounded, and deal with everything that has afflicted me. Renew my faith and teach me to wait upon You. Let my life become a testimony of Your restoring power. Where there has been shame, let Your grace bring restoration and praise. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Apostle Peter Kariithi wishing you a great season. May God appoint you for praise and fame as He performs and fulfills His Good Word upon your life. Wait on the Lord. He is still writing your story. 🙏