YOU WILL RECOVER ALL 

August 1, 2026

 

 

"He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.”

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭23‬:‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

When I was in the third grade, my parents sat me down to tell me that my mom would need surgery and that her recovery process would take about three months. For those three months, everything in our home changed.

 

My dad had to step into a new role. He continued working while also caring for my mother and taking care of me. Thankfully, my parents had community during that season. Their best friends would often take me to stay with them on weekends in Savannah, Georgia giving them the support they needed while my mother healed.

 

Even as a child, I learned something that has stayed with me ever since: Recovery is rarely something we do alone. As I began praying about this month, I found myself thinking about the word recovery. We use it in so many different ways:

 

• Someone has surgery and enters recovery

• Someone battling addiction enters recovery through programs like Alcoholics Anonymous or other support groups

• When a vehicle is repossessed, the lienholder attempts to recover what rightfully belongs to them because there is still an outstanding debt

 

The more I thought about these examples, the more I asked God this question: "What causes someone to need recovery in the first place?" Every type of recovery begins with some form of disruption: something happened, the body was injured, pain led someone toward unhealthy coping mechanisms, life circumstances created financial hardship…something interrupted what once was.

 

Then I came across a definition of recovery that deeply resonated with me: Recovery is the process of stopping a cycle of harm, healing the mind and body, and rebuilding a stable life. STOPPING A CYCLE: That phrase wouldn't leave me. As we've entered the month of August, I believe God is inviting many of us into a season of recovery, not simply from what happened to us, but from the cycles that developed because of what happened to us.

 

One of the greatest biblical examples of recovery is Rahab. She’s introduced to us as Rahab the prostitute. Her identity became attached to what she did for survival. That was the cycle she had been living. But God saw something much greater than her past.

 

When Joshua sent two spies into Jericho before the Israelites entered the Promised Land, they found refuge in Rahab's home. Rahab recognized something that many others did not, she knew the God of Israel was greater. So she hid the spies, risking her own life to protect them. In return, she didn't ask for money or material things, but that her family be saved. That one act of faith completely changed her legacy. 

 

Rahab didn't simply recover from a difficult season, she recovered her true identity and stopped a cycle. Instead of being remembered only for her past, she became remembered for her faith as Hebrews 11 lists her among the heroes of faith. She would go on to marry one of those spies,  Salmon and became the mother of Boaz. Boaz would later marry Ruth, one of the most beautiful redemption stories in Scripture. Together they had Obed. Obed became the father of Jesse. Jesse became the father of King David. Generations later, Jesus Christ would come through that same family line. One surrendered decision changed generations. Rahab recovered more than her reputation, she recovered her legacy.

 

As we step into this month of new beginnings, I want to ask you the same question: What do you need to recover? Your passion, purpose, intimacy with God, confidence, peace, identity?

Maybe the better question is: What happened? What disappointment, betrayal, loss, failure, rejection, or heartbreak caused you to begin living in survival mode? What did you turn to instead of turning to God? Sometimes it isn't drugs or alcohol. Sometimes we turn to busyness, achievement, people-pleasing, work, isolation, perfectionism, fear, control.

 

Anything can become a cycle when it replaces our dependence on God. But here's the beautiful thing about our Father: He doesn't simply want to heal what happened, He wants to stop the cycle that formed because of it.