Psalm 85

Will you not revive us again
so that your people may rejoice in you?
Show us your faithful love, LORD,
and give us your salvation.

Revival – to be brought back to spiritual life, liveliness – this doesn’t spring forth from myself, ourselves. Though we must, may, place ourselves into a posture of repentance, longing for revival – revival itself is a gift from God.

As life is a gift of God, so too, revival to the life of God is His to grant.

His life, the revived life of the disciple is characterized by:
– faithful love
– truth
– righteousness
– peace.

These blessings must flow to us from God above. I can’t manufacture them on my own.

Yet I want them! Desire them.

Lord, revive us again!

Pour out your faithful love through the Holy Spirit – revive that we might live in joy for you!

(Just a bit of the illustration to come for later in the week!)